Israel war on Gaza live: Israeli raids continue despite truce revival bid
- Israeli air strikes have killed at least five Palestinians, including three children in northern Gaza’s Jabalia and a married couple in the southern city of Khan Younis.
- Meanwhile, the Israeli ground forces continue their military operation in Gaza City’s Shujayea neighbourhood, where they claim to have killed about 100 Palestinians.
Qassam Brigades says Israeli base struck in Gaza City
Hamas’s armed wing says its fighters have targeted “a command and control site” in the so-called Netzarim Corridor south of Gaza City with several short-range missiles.
A statement on Telegram said the attack was carried out in conjunction with the al-Nasser Salah al-Deen Brigades, another armed Palestinian group.
The Netzarim Corridor, named after a Jewish settlement in Gaza that was dismantled in 2005, was set up during the war by the Israeli army to separate northern Gaza from the south.
Hamas says it rejects plans to deploy foreign forces to Gaza
Hamas says it rejects any statements and positions that support plans for foreign forces to enter the Gaza Strip.
The group said the administration of the Gaza Strip is a purely Palestinian matter.
“The Palestinian people … will not allow any guardianship or the imposition of any external solutions or equations,” it added.
The group also called on all Arab and Muslim countries to apply pressure to stop the Israeli aggression in Gaza.
Palestinians injured by gunfire during Israeli raid in Hebron: Report
Five Palestinian civilians have been injured by live ammunition during an Israeli military raid on the town of Beit Ummar, north of Hebron, according to the Wafa news agency.
Mohammed Awad, a local activist, told the Palestian agency that Israeli forces stormed the town and opened fire on civilians, resulting in a woman sustaining shrapnel injuries to her hand and four young men being wounded in their lower limbs.
They were rushed to hospital for treatment.
Dozens also inhaled tear gas fired by Israeli troops, but they received field treatment without being taken to hospital, Wafa reported.
Israeli army: Palestinian ‘militants’ targeted during operation in Jenin
The army says that it targeted “militants” during their Friday operation in Jenin.
In a statement on X, it said that their forces had “eliminated” Hammam Hashash, 23, along with another Palestinian, whom they had earlier accused of taking part in an attack on the Israeli forces that had left army captain Alon Scagio dead on June 27.
The Palestinian Health Ministry earlier said that the death toll in Israel’s raid on Jenin had risen to 7 since the early hours of this morning.
