Israeli forces shell Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza
- Israeli army has shelled Kamal Adwan Hospital after ordering civilians near it to leave the area, Gaza’s Health Ministry says.
- At least 21 Palestinians have been killed and 61 others injured in Israeli attacks across Gaza in the past 24 hours, according to the enclave’s Health Ministry.
Two Palestinians forced to demolish homes south of Jerusalem
The Israeli army has forced two Palestinians to demolish their homes south of Jerusalem.
The Wafa news agency reported that the all-Israeli Municipality pressured Hani Shkeirat to demolish part of his home in the Jabal al-Mukaber neighbourhood after saying it was built without a permit.
Sources quoted in the report added that the municipality forced Mahmoud Aqil to demolish his home in the Silwan neighbourhood, south of Al-Aqsa Mosque, under the pretext that it was built without a licence.
Israeli authorities routinely force Palestinian residents in Jerusalem to demolish their own homes, claiming the lack of building permits while at the same time consistently denying Palestinians permits to build houses.
Those who resist demolishing their homes could face the destruction of their houses by Israeli bulldozers in addition to fines imposed on the owners.
Five people killed in Israeli air strike on house in Nuseirat
At least five people, including two children, have been killed in an Israeli air strike on a house in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, medics tell Reuters.
Qassam Brigades announces operation in Jabalia
Hamas’s armed wing, the Qassam Brigades, said it stabbed to death three Israeli soldiers as it began a new operation in the middle of the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza.
It added that the same fighters stormed a house in the area where an Israeli infantry force was holed up and killed two more soldiers.
