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Khaleej Times
09-07-2025
- Politics
- Khaleej Times
Gaza civil defence says 20 killed in Israeli air strikes
Gaza's civil defence agency on Wednesday said that 20 people, including at least six children, were killed in two Israeli air strikes overnight in the Palestinian territory. Agency spokesman Mahmud Bassal told AFP the first hit a tent housing displaced people in Khan Younis in the south shortly after midnight local time (2100 GMT on Tuesday) and the second struck a camp in the north soon afterwards. The Israeli military said it was looking into the report when contacted by AFP. The bombings came as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met US President Donald Trump in Washington and discussed the ongoing campaign to defeat Hamas in Gaza. Afterwards, he restated Israel's aims to secure the release of all hostages taken during the Palestinian militants' October 7, 2023 attack, and "the elimination" of its "military and governing capabilities". Gaza's civil defence agency said 29 people were killed in Israeli strikes across Gaza on Tuesday, with victims also including people displaced by 21 months of conflict. Bassal said the first strike on Wednesday killed 10 members of the same family sheltering in the Al Mawasi area of Khan Younis while the second, on the Al Shati camp near Gaza City, also left more than 30 wounded. The victims were from two families, he added. "The explosion was massive, like an earthquake," said Zuhair Judeh, 40, who saw the Al Shati air strike. "It destroyed the house and several nearby homes. The bodies and remains of the martyrs were scattered," he added, calling it "a horrific massacre". Several people remained missing, presumed trapped under the rubble, he said. Abeer Al Sharbasi, 36, described the air strike as "terrifying" and said it happened as she and her family were asleep in a nearby tent. "You can't predict when or why they'll bomb you. We have nothing left but to surrender ourselves to God." Due to restrictions imposed on media in the Gaza Strip and difficulties accessing the area, AFP is unable to independently verify the death tolls and details shared by the parties involved. Hamas's October 7, 2023, attack on Israel resulted in the deaths of 1,219 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally based on Israeli official figures. Of 251 hostages seized during attack, 49 are still held in Gaza, including 27 the Israeli military says are dead. Israel's retaliatory campaign has killed at least 57,575 people in Gaza, also mostly civilians, according to the Hamas-run territory's health ministry. The UN considers the figures reliable.
UAE Moments
20-06-2025
- UAE Moments
Israeli Forces Kill 70 Palestinians in Gaza, Injuring Many
Israeli military forces killed at least 70 Palestinians with gunfire and military strikes in Gaza on Thursday, June 19, according to Gaza's civil defence spokesman, Mahmoud Basal. Earlier, medics reported the killing of 12 Palestinians who were seeking aid from the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation centre in central Gaza. Dozens of Palestinians were also killed in separate Israeli airstrikes in northern Gaza, according to medics. At least 12 people, including children and women, were killed in a strike near a mosque in Al Shati refugee camp. Another eight civilians were killed in shelling on Gaza City on Thursday, according to the Wafa news agency. Five of those individuals were killed in an attack on a house in the Zeitoun neighbourhood and the remaining three were killed in an attack in the west of the city. Israeli forces also blew up homes in the east of Jabalia Al Balad in northern Gaza, Wafa reported. The agency also reported the injuring of 100 other Plaestinians when Israeli drones and military vehicles opened fire on Thursday morning at an aid center in central Gaza. At least 338 Palestinians have been killed by Israel while gathering to collect aid from GHF aid centers, according to a tally released by local health authorities on Monday, June 16. The death toll for Palestinians killed during Israel's war on Gaza has passed 55,700 and the number of injured Palestinians has rose over 130,100, according to the health ministry on Thursday. This article was previously published on bahrainmoments. To see the original article, click here
