Children, journalists among 105 killed in Israeli onslaught in Gaza

The Israeli subject onslaught connected Gaza City continues nonstop, resulting successful the sidesplitting of much than 50 Palestinians, including assistance seekers, arsenic it seeks to prehend power of the enclave’s biggest municipality centre – location to immoderate 1 cardinal people.

At slightest 105 Palestinians were killed crossed Gaza connected Tuesday arsenic Israeli strikes levelled densely populated areas, peculiarly al-Sabra neighbourhood, which has been nether onslaught for days. At slightest 32 of those were killed portion seeking aid.

The attacks are intensified arsenic Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel is facing a “decisive stage” of the warfare arsenic it prepares to prehend Gaza City contempt planetary condemnation.

“Palestinians are successful a cage successful Gaza City close now, trying to past arsenic galore aerial strikes arsenic possible. Wherever they go, the aerial strikes travel them,” said Al Jazeera’s Hind Khoudary.

“They are besides dying from the nutrient and assistance blockade arsenic they are not capable to get the basal means of sustenance,” she said, reporting from Deir el-Balah successful cardinal Gaza.

Palestinians are struggling to past the dual threats of targeted attacks and starvation, with astatine slightest 13 radical dying of starvation successful the past 24 hours, bringing the full hunger-related decease toll since the warfare began to 361. Eighty-three of those deaths person been recorded since a planetary hunger show confirmed famine conditions successful Gaza connected August 22.

Among those killed connected Tuesday were astatine slightest 21 people, including 7 children, who were struck by an Israeli drone portion queuing for h2o successful the al-Mawasi country adjacent Khan Younis successful confederate Gaza.

Images posted online by Palestinian Civil Defence spokesperson Mahmoud Basal showed children’s bodies and h2o containers stained with humor astatine the onslaught site, which Israel had antecedently declared a alleged “safe zone”.

“They were lasting successful enactment to capable up h2o … erstwhile the concern forces straight targeted them, turning their hunt for beingness into a caller massacre,” Basal said connected Tuesday.

In Gaza City, an Israeli onslaught connected the al-Af household location killed 10 people, mostly women and children, Gaza officials said.

“These crimes exposure the transgression fascist quality of the enemy,” Gaza’s Government Media Office said successful a statement, accusing Washington of complicity. It called Israel’s actions “war crimes nether planetary law” and urged the UN Security Council to halt the “brutal genocide”.

Two much journalists, Rasmi Salem of al-Manara and Eman al-Zamli, were killed successful the latest attacks, bringing the full fig of journalists killed since October 7, 2023, to much than 270. The warfare successful Gaza has go the deadliest struggle for media workers ever recorded, property watchdogs say.

Israel starts crushed battle successful Gaza City

On Tuesday, thousands of Israeli reservists reported for work arsenic efforts to extremity the warfare seemed to beryllium stalling.

Qatar’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Majed al-Ansari said Hamas had accepted a ceasefire proposal, but Israel had yet to respond.

“There has been nary Israeli effect yet,” helium said, adding that negotiations with mediators and the United States had stalled. He warned that Israel’s program to inhabit Gaza “poses a menace to everyone”, including Israeli captives.

But Israel has tightened its siege of Gaza City successful caller days, barring adjacent constricted humanitarian assistance deliveries.

Israeli Army Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir confirmed crushed operations were intensifying. “We are going to deepen our operation,” helium told reservists arsenic tens of thousands of troops were called up. Israeli media reported that 365 soldiers person refused to study for duty.

Prime Minister Netanyahu, wanted by the International Criminal Court for warfare crimes and crimes against humanity, said successful a video connection connected Tuesday that “we are moving to decision Hamas.”

Yemen’s Houthi question said its forces launched 4 drones targeting Israel’s General Staff office adjacent Tel Aviv, Ben Gurion Airport, a powerfulness station, and the larboard of Ashdod, days aft Israel killed Yemeni Prime Minister Ahmed al-Rahawi on with apical officials successful Sanaa.

The radical claimed its drones “successfully deed their targets.” It besides said a rocket and drone onslaught struck a cargo vas successful the Red Sea for violating a prohibition connected entering Israeli ports.

Palestinians displaced by the Israeli subject violative instrumentality structure successful a structure camp, arsenic Israeli forces escalate operations astir Gaza City, successful Gaza City, September 2, 2025 [Dawoud Abu Alkas/Reuters]

International ‘indifference’ to Palestine

Meanwhile, the Palestinian Foreign Ministry welcomed Belgium’s determination to recognise the State of Palestine connected Tuesday and urged different nations to travel suit, saying it was “in enactment with planetary instrumentality and UN resolutions” and indispensable to halt “genocide, displacement, starvation, and annexation”.

In a abstracted statement, the ministry accused the planetary assemblage of “alarming” indifference to Gaza’s economical illness and Israel’s seizure of Palestinian taxation revenues. It called for urgent fiscal enactment to “enhance the resilience of citizens and their steadfastness connected their homeland’s soil”.

Mourners basal adjacent to the bodies of Palestinians killed successful overnight Israeli strikes, according to medics, during the ceremonial astatine al-Shifa Hospital successful Gaza City, September 2, 2025 [Dawoud Abu Alkas/Reuters]

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