GAZA: Israeli forces battled Hamas-led fighters in several parts of the Gaza Strip on Tuesday (Jul 16), and Palestinian well being officers stated at the least 50 individuals had been killed in Israeli bombardments of southern and central areas.
The Palestinian militant group Hamas has accused Israel of stepping up assaults in Gaza to attempt to derail efforts by Arab mediators and the US to achieve a ceasefire deal. Israel says it’s making an attempt to root out Hamas fighters.
In Rafah, a southern border metropolis the place Israeli forces have been working since Might, 5 Palestinians had been killed in an airstrike on a home, the Gaza well being officers stated. In close by Khan Younis, a person, his spouse, and two youngsters had been killed, they stated.
Afterward Tuesday, an Israeli airstrike on a automotive killed at the least 17 Palestinians and wounded 26 others in Khan Younis in southern Gaza on Tuesday, the officers stated.
The airstrike hit close to a tented space housing displaced households in Attar Road, the well being ministry stated.
Within the historic Nuseirat camp in central Gaza, at the least 4 Palestinians had been killed in separate shelling and aerial strikes in central Gaza, medics stated. An Israeli airstrike killed 4 in Sheikh Zayed in northern Gaza, they stated.
Hours later, an Israeli air strike on a faculty within the Nuseirat camp killed 16 individuals and wounded many others, well being officers stated. The strike hit a UN-run faculty, which housed displaced households, the ministry stated.
The Israeli navy stated troops continued “intelligence-based” actions in Rafah, and that airstrikes had focused militants, tunnels, and different Hamas navy infrastructure.
It stated the Israeli air drive had struck round 40 targets throughout the enclave, together with sniping and commentary posts, navy buildings, and buildings rigged with explosives.
The armed wings of Hamas and Islamic Jihad, a Hamas ally, stated their fighters had attacked Israeli forces in a number of areas with anti-tank rockets and mortar bombs.
Islamic Jihad’s armed wing stated it had fired missiles at Sderot in southern Israel. There was no phrase of any deaths or critical injury.
