Israel continued on Friday to bombard #Gaza with air raids and artillery shells as it stepped up the deployment of troops and tanks near the besieged Palestinian enclave.
Israeli artillery and tank shells fired into Gaza forced many Palestinian families to flee their homes — in pictures aje.io/d645f
“There are children who came torn apart.”
Doctors in Gaza’s Al-Shifa hospital are battling against shortages of medicine, equipment and power cuts to save patients critically wounded in Israeli air strikes.
Israeli air raids have destroyed or severely damaged more than 200 housing units in the Gaza Strip, while 24 schools have sustained damages, says UN.
UPDATE: At least 31 schools attended by 24,000 children and a health facility in Gaza have been damaged by Israeli air raids, according to Save the Children.
UPDATE: Two more Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire in the occupied West Bank, bringing the day’s Palestinian death toll in the territory to four.
UPDATE: A total of 7 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank, and 366 others injured as Israel pounds Gaza with air raids and shelling.
Israeli fighter jets hit a bank near Gaza's Al-Shifa hospital as Palestinians continue to flee to UN schools for shelter, Al Jazeera’s Safwat al-Kahlout reports.
As Israel's bombardment of Gaza intensifies and the Palestinian death toll mounts, the BDS movement urges:
• An embargo on Israel
• A boycott of firms 'complicit' in Israel's occupation
• Cancelling of academic, cultural & sporting events in Israel ⤵️ aje.io/tj67h
The UN estimates that around 10,000 Palestinians have left their homes in Gaza “due to ongoing hostilities”, as Israel pounds the besieged enclave.
UPDATE: Rockets from Gaza hits building in Israel’s Ashdod in retaliation to the deadly Israeli air raid that killed several people, at the Shati refugee camp.
Israel’s bombardment in #Gaza continued for a fifth consecutive day, with Israeli air raids hitting a refugee camp where several Palestinians, including children, were killed.
At least 139 Palestinians, including 40 children, have been killed in the Gaza Strip since Monday. 11 Palestinian have also been killed by Israeli forces in occupied West Bank.
Israeli fighter jets have attacked high-rise buildings and other targets in #Gaza as Palestinians in the besieged enclave woke up on Thursday to mark the #EidAlFitr religious holiday under relentless aerial bombardment.
Israeli air strikes on Gaza continued on Wednesday for a third day after Hamas fired hundreds of rockets on several Israeli cities in retaliation for the killing of civilians over the past three days.