Israel carried out dozens of air strikes and artillery shelling on Gaza City despite US President Donald Trump asking it to ‘stop bombing’ the besieged territory after Hamas agreed to his peace plan, in part.
Seven people have been killed in the Strip till now, and 20 homes destroyed.
“It was a very violent night, during which the [Israeli army] carried out dozens of air strikes and artillery shelling on Gaza City and other areas in the Strip, despite President Trump’s call to halt the bombing,” civil defence spokesperson Mahmoud Basal told a leading news agency.
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Gaza’s Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis said two children were killed and eight people were wounded in a drone strike on a tent in a camp for displaced people, while Gaza City’s Baptist Hospital said in a statement that it received four casualties from a strike on a home in the city’s Tuffah neighbourhood that left several wounded.
The Israeli army has warned Palestinians from returning to Gaza City, terming it a “dangerous combat zone”.
“Urgent Announcement and Warning to All Residents of the Gaza Strip. The area located north of Wadi Gaza remains a dangerous combat zone. Staying in this area poses a significant risk, and therefore Rashid Street remains open for you to move south,” an Israeli army spokesperson said on X.
“For your safety, avoid returning north or approaching areas of Defense Army forces’ operations anywhere in the Strip – even in its south.”
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