Israel threatens all staying in Gaza City, kills at least 13 in enclave

Israeli Defence Minister Katz says anyone who stays successful Gaza City volition beryllium considered ‘terrorists and panic supporters’.

At slightest 13 Palestinians person been killed successful Israeli attacks since dawn crossed Gaza arsenic Israel threatened tens of thousands remaining successful Gaza City with a forced bid to leave, saying it was their “last opportunity” to fly oregon look the “full force” of Israel’s assault.

Defence Minister Israel Katz wrote connected X connected Wednesday that anyone who stayed would beryllium considered “terrorists and panic supporters”.

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The continuous bombardment of Gaza City has razed the territory’s largest municipality centre, sidesplitting dozens of radical daily, destroying galore residential buildings and schools, and forcing tens of thousands of Palestinians to fly to an chartless destiny to the south, often targeted connected the way.

On Thursday, a kid was killed by Israeli drone occurrence successful the Ansar area, westbound of Gaza City, according to exigency and ambulance services.

Nine radical were killed and 13 were injured owed to Israel’s targeting of displaced radical successful the cardinal Gaza Strip, aesculapian sources told Al Jazeera.

A Palestinian and his woman were killed successful an Israeli drone onslaught connected a location successful the al-Bureij exile campy successful cardinal Gaza.

Another Palestinian was killed and much than 10 were injured successful an Israeli drone onslaught southbound of Deir el-Balah. In Khan Younis, successful the confederate Gaza Strip, 8 radical were injured erstwhile an Israeli drone bombed a structure for displaced radical wrong the Al-Aqsa University field successful the al-Mawasi area, westbound of the city, which Israel has repeatedly targeted contempt declaring it a “safe zone”.

Despite the relentless Israeli carpet bombing of Gaza City, aimed astatine forcing civilians to fly south, immoderate are making the unsafe prime to instrumentality to the north. Thousands of Palestinians person been forced by Israeli bombardment to fly from the northbound to the southbound connected this perilous route.

On Wednesday, the Gaza Government Media Office said that the Israeli subject had unopen al-Rashid Street, which it described arsenic “one of the captious arteries that civilians trust connected for question betwixt Gaza’s governorates”.

As a effect of the escalating hostilities, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said connected Wednesday that it had temporarily suspended operations successful Gaza City, conscionable arsenic the NGO Doctors Without Borders (known by its French acronym, MSF) did past week.

“The ICRC volition proceed to strive to supply enactment to civilians successful Gaza City, whenever circumstances allow, from our offices successful Deir el-Balah and Rafah, which stay afloat operational,” it said successful a statement.

In the meantime, Hamas continues to deliberate implicit a United States ceasefire plan to extremity Israel’s genocidal two-year war. Their acceptance of presumption viewed arsenic mostly favourable to Israel’s stated goals remains uncertain.