- Israel has issued forced displacement orders for five more areas in north Gaza, as it continues to squeeze the Strip’s population into smaller areas of the enclave.
- Hamas is currently reviewing a new ceasefire proposal the United States says has been signed off on by Israel, but that in its current form will only result in more killings in Gaza.
- Gaza’s Health Ministry says Israel’s ordering al-Awda Hospital to close is a “crime”, as Palestinians struggle to find care in a health system decimated by Israeli attacks.
- Israel’s war on Gaza has killed at least 54,249 Palestinians and wounded 123,492, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. The Government Media Office updated its death toll to more than 61,700, saying thousands of people missing under the rubble are presumed dead.
- An estimated 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the Hamas-led attacks of October 7, 2023, and more than 200 were taken captive.
No functioning hospital remains in Gaza’s north, says hospital director
After a siege on northern Gaza’s al-Awda Hospital for two weeks, Israeli troops have forced its staff and patients to evacuate it, says its director, Dr Mohammed Salha.
It was the last functioning hospital in the north, he told Al Jazeera.
“There is no one providing any medical services now,” Salha said.
“[We] evacuated the injured people and the patients with very difficult conditions,” he added.
Cases are being referred to Al-Shifa Hospital – a journey difficult for many due to constant Israeli bombing, the director said.
“So a lot of people are injured in the streets. A lot of people are killed, and they are murdered in the streets. Nobody can pick them up,” said Salha.
“There is no insurance in the northern Gaza Strip. So who is injured, he or she will die in the streets, and nobody can help them.”
20 Palestinians wounded while trying to reach aid centre
Sources at Gaza hospitals tell Al Jazeera that 20 people have been hit by Israeli fire while trying to reach an aid distribution point set up by the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.
The distribution site, located near Israel’s Netzarim Corridor bisecting the Palestinian enclave, is the third to have been set up, after two distribution points were established in the southern city of Rafah.
Israeli army kills at least 4 Palestinians in latest attacks on northern Gaza
A woman has been killed and several people injured in an Israeli air raid on a house in Jabalia al-Balad, north of the Gaza Strip, our colleagues are reporting.
Sources in Gaza hospitals confirmed to Al Jazeera that three people were also killed in an Israeli air attack on the as-Saftawi area, north of Gaza City.
Israel expands illegal settlements in occupied West Bank, pressure mounts on Palestinians
As Israel continues its siege on the Gaza Strip, it’s also putting pressure on the occupied West Bank, with increasing raids and expanding illegal settlements.
The Israeli government has just approved 22 illegal settlements on Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank. The UN says Israel demolished more than 1,700 Palestinian buildings and homes – and seized 24sq km (9sq miles) of land last year.
Palestinians need Israeli military permits to build any structure in 61 percent of the occupied West Bank – those are rarely approved.
Al Jazeera’s Nida Ibrahim says the increase in illegal settlements is the largest in decades.
‘Destroy, kill’ Hamas: Ben-Gvir to Netanyahu
Far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir is urging Netanyahu to focus on defeating Hamas, instead of a ceasefire agreement.
“Mr Prime Minister, after Hamas rejected the deal proposal again, there is no longer any excuse, for anyone, to continue with this shuffling in Gaza,” the minister said in a post on X.
“We have already missed enough opportunities. It is time to go in with all our might, to destroy, kill and lose Hamas.”
More Palestinians wounded at Gaza aid point
Our correspondent in Gaza reports that several people were wounded by Israeli army gunfire in the central Strip as they tried to reach an aid distribution point set up by the controversial Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.
Chaos and a series of violent attacks on starving aid seekers in Gaza over the past week have led to numerous deaths and growing international condemnation of Israel’s aid scheme.
UNRWA: Enough aid to save 200,000 in Gaza waits in our warehouses
The UN’s Palestinian refugee agency says on X that in Amman, a three-hour drive from Gaza, “we have enough supplies to sustain over 200,000 people for an entire month”.
“Flour, food parcels, hygiene kits, blankets and medical supplies are ready to be delivered”, the agency added, again urging the unrestricted allowance of aid into Gaza, which has been under an Israeli blockade since March.
What are the reported terms of the US ceasefire proposal?
A US plan for a ceasefire and captive exchange in Gaza, guaranteed by US President Donald Trump and mediators Egypt and Qatar, includes the following, Reuters reported:
- 60-day ceasefire and the release of 28 Israeli captives alive and dead in the first week, in exchange for the release of 1,236 Palestinian prisoners and the remains of 180 dead Palestinians.
- Sending humanitarian aid to Gaza – to be delivered by the UN, Red Crescent and other agencies – as soon as Hamas signs off on the ceasefire agreement.
- Israel to cease all military operations in Gaza as soon as the truce takes effect.
- Hamas to release the last 30 of the 58 remaining Israeli captives once a permanent ceasefire is in place.
- Israeli army to redeploy its troops in stages.
Israel said it had agreed to the US ceasefire proposal while Hamas told Reuters it was reviewing the plan and would respond either today or tomorrow.
At least 10 people killed by Israeli attacks on Gaza today
Medical sources have reported this death toll to our team on the ground.
This includes at least 10 who were killed by an Israeli attack on a house in Jabalia. We had earlier reported
Israel targets south Gaza with bombardment overnight
- Our team on the ground reports a number of Israeli attacks near the two southern cities of Rafah and Khan Younis in recent hours. Moments ago, Israel targeted a civilian car in Abasan al-Kabira, east of Khan Younis, killing at least two people and wounding others.
- At least one was killed by Israeli fire in Shakoush, in the northwestern area of Rafah.
- At least two Palestinians were killed in an Israeli army attack on a tent housing displaced people in al-Mawasi, west of Khan Younis.
Chaos and violence in Gaza food distribution centres
For months, aid agencies have warned that Israel is weaponising famine in Gaza.
Now, controversy is growing around food distribution hubs established by the US-backed, Israeli-approved Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.
Palestinians have described scenes of lawlessness, gunfire and despair at sites meant to provide lifesaving supplies.
At least 6 killed in Israeli attack on Jabalia
Al Jazeera’s correspondent reports that six Palestinians were killed in an Israeli attack that targeted a house in Jabalia’s an-Nazla area, northern Gaza.
The areas surrounding an-Nazla are currently under forced evacuation orders from the Israeli military.
Israel continues to clear out north Gaza with new evacuation orders
The army’s Arabic language spokesperson has said on X that Palestinians in the “Atatra, Jabalia Al-Balad, Shujaiya, Daraj and Zeitoun” areas must immediately leave and move west.
Israel has been systematically clearing out parts of the Gaza Strip with orders such as these, pushing the Palestinian population into smaller and smaller areas of the enclave.
The stated goal of its new offensive, Gideon’s Chariot, is to expand its control of the Gaza Strip’s territory, concentrating the people there into tiny sections of the enclave.
A recap of recent developments
Here’s what you need to know:
- The Israeli army issued new forced displacement orders for five areas in the northern Gaza Strip and Gaza City governorates, expanding its military operations.
- Israeli police arrested Sanaa Salama, the wife of the late Palestinian prisoner Walid Daqqa, while she was with her daughter Milad in occupied Jerusalem.
- Air traffic at Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport was temporarily halted due to a missile fired from Yemen, Israel’s Channel 12 reported.
- Gaza’s Health Ministry says Israel’s ordering al-Awda Hospital to close is a “crime”, as Palestinians struggle to find care in a health system decimated by Israeli attacks.
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