Gaza City residents forced to flee as Israel carries out intense strikes

Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz celebrates the bombings of residential buildings for the 3rd time successful a row.

Israel has bombed and destroyed the tallest residential gathering successful Gaza, the Al-Ghafri high-rise, arsenic it launched a monolithic question of strikes connected Gaza City connected Monday evening, forcing hundreds of thousands of residents to proceed to fly the city.

Francesca Albanese, the United Nations peculiar rapporteur connected the occupied Palestinian territory, says Israel is utilizing unconventional weapons to forcibly evict Palestinians from Gaza City, the largest municipality centre successful the enclave.

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Israeli media root Channel 12 reported that “exceptionally aggravated aerial strikes” were concentrated successful the city’s northbound and west, portion the Palestinian Civil Defence said astatine slightest 50 multistorey buildings had been levelled successful caller weeks arsenic Israeli forces intensified attacks to prehend the city.

Other neighbourhoods person been reduced to rubble. In Zeitoun, much than 1,500 homes and buildings person been destroyed since aboriginal August, leaving full blocks with thing near standing.

For the 3rd time successful a row, Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs Israel Katz has posted videos of the attacks. “The panic tower… crashes into the oversea disconnected Gaza. Sinking the centres of panic and incitement,” helium wrote connected X. Katz offered nary grounds for his assertion that the residential operation was being utilized by Hamas.

Israel has repeatedly attacked residential areas, schools and hospitals during its 23 months of genocidal war.

Gaza’s Ministry of Health said that 51 Palestinians, including six-year-old twins, were killed successful Gaza City successful the past 24 hours.

Three journalists were besides killed successful abstracted Israeli strikes: newsman Mohammed al-Kouifi successful the Nassr neighbourhood, lensman and broadcast technologist Ayman Haniyeh, and writer Iman al-Zamili. These killings instrumentality the fig of journalists and media workers killed successful Israel’s warfare connected Gaza to astir 280. Media watchdogs accidental this warfare is the deadliest struggle for journalists.

Since October 2023, Israel has killed astatine slightest 64,905 Palestinians and wounded 164,926, with thousands much inactive buried nether rubble.

‘Striking each area’

Israel’s information furniture approved a program successful August to prehend Gaza City, which has led to relentless bombardment, forcing residents southbound towards al-Mawasi.

Many Palestinians accidental they bash not judge they volition ever beryllium allowed to return, and fearfulness the travel itself.

“For much than 3 days, they person been hitting each schoolhouse and emptying Shati campy [near northbound Gaza’s coast], striking each area. You cannot adjacent move,” 1 nonmigratory told Al Jazeera.

“That is wherefore I decided to permission with my household – my daughters and my woman – and caput to Khan Younis. I don’t adjacent person a tent. I lone took a fewer things; I couldn’t instrumentality thing from my home.”

Being pushed into al-Mawasi, the country Israel has designated a “safe zone”, offers nary information arsenic Israel continues to onslaught the site. The Health Ministry has besides said the country lacks the “basic necessities of life, including water, nutrient [and] wellness services”, and warned of “dangerous” illness outbreaks.

It added that displaced radical are subjected to “direct targeting and sidesplitting some wrong the camps and erstwhile attempting to permission them”, successful usurpation of planetary law.

Israel continues to artifact aid

Israeli forces changeable dormant astatine slightest 5 Palestinians waiting for nutrient assistance adjacent al-Mawasi, according to the Nasser Medical Complex.

Meanwhile, the famine is deepening successful the Strip. The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) declared a famine successful bluish Gaza connected August 22.

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said that retired of the 17 humanitarian missions coordinated with Israel connected Sunday, lone 4 were permitted. A ngo to present h2o tanks to the northbound was besides denied entry.

Albanese, the UN peculiar rapporteur, told Al Jazeera connected Thursday that Israel indispensable beryllium held accountable.

“This is simply a genocide that could person ne'er happened without the enactment and engagement of a fig of actors,” she said, pointing to Israel’s allies and backstage assemblage partners.

Albanese urged governments to “put an extremity to Israeli impunity” and request adherence to planetary law.