Israel has destroyed more than 1,000 buildings in Gaza City: Civil Defence

Israel has wholly destroyed much than 1,000 buildings successful the Zeitoun and Sabra neighbourhoods of Gaza City since it started its penetration of the metropolis connected August 6, trapping hundreds nether the rubble, the Palestinian Civil Defence says.

The bureau said successful a connection connected Sunday that ongoing shelling and blocked entree routes are preventing galore rescue and assistance operations successful the area.

Emergency workers proceed to person galore reports of missing radical but are incapable to respond, portion hospitals are overwhelmed by the toll of the attacks, it added.

“There are sedate concerns astir the continued incursion of Israeli forces into Gaza City, astatine a clip erstwhile tract crews deficiency the capableness to woody with the strength of the ongoing Israeli attacks,” the Civil Defence said.

“There is nary harmless country successful the Gaza Strip, whether successful the northbound oregon south, wherever shelling continues to people civilians successful their homes, shelters, and adjacent successful their displacement camps.”

Israeli tanks person been rolling into the Sabra neighbourhood arsenic Israel moves to afloat inhabit Gaza City, forcing adjacent to 1 cardinal Palestinians determination southwards.

The Civil Defence’s assertion appears to corroborate fears that Israel is readying to afloat demolish Gaza City, arsenic it did successful Rafah, a run that rights advocates accidental could beryllium aimed astatine removing each Palestinians from Gaza.

At slightest 3 people, including a child, were among the latest victims killed successful an onslaught connected a residential flat connected al-Jalaa Street successful Gaza City, according to a root successful the enclave’s exigency and ambulance department.

The area, wherever famine has been declared, has been nether relentless Israeli bombardment implicit the past respective weeks. Residents reported explosions echoing nonstop done the neighbourhoods, portion respective buildings were besides blown up further north, successful the ravaged Jabalia exile camp.

At slightest 51 radical were killed successful Israeli attacks connected Gaza connected Sunday, including 27 successful Gaza City and 24 assistance seekers, aesculapian sources told Al Jazeera.

Gaza’s Ministry of Health said 8 much radical died of Israeli-induced hunger arsenic starvation successful the enclave intensifies, raising deaths from malnutrition to 289 people, including 115 children, since the warfare began.

Israeli forces person been routinely opening occurrence connected bare Palestinians arsenic they effort to unafraid meagre assistance parcels astatine the controversial, Israeli and US-backed GHF sites.

‘Impossible’ to enactment alive

Commenting connected the worsening humanitarian situation, Philippe Lazzarini, the caput of the UN bureau for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA), said that famine is the “last calamity” hitting Gaza, wherever radical are experiencing “hell successful each shapes”.

“‘Never Again’ has deliberately go ‘again’. This volition haunt us. Denial is the astir obscene look of dehumanisation,” Lazzarini wrote connected X.

He added that it was clip for the Israeli authorities to let assistance organisations to supply assistance, and for overseas journalists to beryllium allowed into the enclave.

Gaza’s Ministry of Interior warned against Israeli plans to forcibly displace residents from Gaza City and the bluish governorates, urging radical against leaving their homes contempt dense bombardment.

The ministry called connected residents to stay successful their communities, oregon if threatened, to determination lone to adjacent areas alternatively than relocate to the south.

“We impulse citizens and displaced persons residing successful Gaza City not to respond to the occupation’s threats and terrorism, and to garbage to beryllium displaced and determination to the remaining areas of the cardinal and Khan Younis governorates,” it said.

“There is nary harmless spot successful immoderate of the governorates of the Gaza Strip, and the concern commits the astir heinous crimes daily, adjacent bombing the tents of displaced persons successful areas it falsely claims are humanitarian oregon safe.”

Al Jazeera’s Hind Khoudary, reporting from Deir el-Balah, said Palestinians are nevertheless fleeing areas successful Gaza City “under intensive Israeli aerial strikes and besides attacks by quadcopters”.

“We met a mates of these families, and they said that it was [nearly] intolerable for them to enactment live arsenic they were fleeing and quadcopters were opening occurrence connected immoderate was moving successful that area,” Khoudary said.

“Some Palestinians made it safely and were capable to flee, but others were trapped successful those areas and are incapable to leave,” she added.

Leading rights groups and UN experts person accused Israel of committing genocide successful Gaza.