GAZA: Israeli forces battled Hamas-led fighters in several parts of the Gaza Strip on Tuesday (Jul 16), and Palestinian well being officers mentioned no less than 50 individuals have 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 america to succeed in 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 Could, 5 Palestinians have been killed in an airstrike on a home, the Gaza well being officers mentioned. In close by Khan Younis, a person, his spouse, and two kids have been killed, they mentioned.
Afterward Tuesday, an Israeli airstrike on a automobile killed no less than 17 Palestinians and wounded 26 others in Khan Younis in southern Gaza on Tuesday, the officers mentioned.
The airstrike hit close to a tented space housing displaced households in Attar Avenue, the well being ministry mentioned.
Within the historic Nuseirat camp in central Gaza, no less than 4 Palestinians have been killed in separate shelling and aerial strikes in central Gaza, medics mentioned. An Israeli airstrike killed 4 in Sheikh Zayed in northern Gaza, they mentioned.
Hours later, an Israeli air strike on a college within the Nuseirat camp killed 16 individuals and wounded many others, well being officers mentioned. The strike hit a UN-run college, which housed displaced households, the ministry mentioned.
The Israeli army mentioned troops continued “intelligence-based” actions in Rafah, and that airstrikes had focused militants, tunnels, and different Hamas army infrastructure.
It mentioned the Israeli air drive had struck round 40 targets throughout the enclave, together with sniping and statement posts, army constructions, and buildings rigged with explosives.
The armed wings of Hamas and Islamic Jihad, a Hamas ally, mentioned their fighters had attacked Israeli forces in a number of areas with anti-tank rockets and mortar bombs.
Islamic Jihad’s armed wing mentioned it had fired missiles at Sderot in southern Israel. There was no phrase of any deaths or severe injury.