Raid targets UN agency's building in the enclave
Published: 04:07 PM,Jul 10,2024 | EDITED : 08:07 PM,Jul 10,2024
People sit behind a fence as they watch the arrival of victims wounded or killed in Israeli bombardment near Khan Yunis. — AFP
GAZA: Israeli forces launched more deadly strikes across Gaza on Wednesday, according to medical sources and the military, which said it targeted Palestinian groups operating from inside a UN agency building.
Early on Wednesday, four people were killed and one critically wounded in the bombing of a house in the central town of Nuseirat, a hospital source.
And two people were killed and six injured in another strike on a home in Bani Suhaila, near Khan Yunis, according to another hospital source.
Israel has stepped up air and ground attacks in Gaza City and southern Gaza since issuing evacuation orders for tens of thousands of people in the war-stricken Palestinian territory.
The heightened military strikes come as Israeli officials start talks in Qatar on Wednesday on reaching a truce in the war raging since the October 7 attacks.
The UN agency has not had control of the building since October. Israeli forces said in February they had found a tunnel underneath the headquarters.
The military said the Palestinians were 'operating inside UNRWA's headquarters in the area and using it as a base to conduct attacks on IDF (Israeli Defense Forces) troops in the central Gaza Strip'. It said that groups had been 'eliminated' and 'large amounts of weapons' found.
UNRWA had no immediate comment on the attack, but has said it has 'no way to verify' claims that its facilities are being used by groups and its allies.
Meanwhile on Tuesday's deadly strike near the Al-Awda school in Abasan, near Khan Yunis, brought new condemnation from Palestinian groups over the Israeli military tactics.
The Gaza government said a 'majority' of the dead were women and children.
The Israeli military said the air force had 'struck gunmen from Hamas' military wing who took part, among other terrorist activities, in the October 7 attacks' in southern Israel.
It was the fourth time in four days that Gaza school buildings sheltering the displaced had been hit.
The military said it was 'looking into the reports that civilians were harmed, adjacent to the Al Awda school', which it acknowledged was 'near the location of the strike. The incident is under review.' Israel's military offensive has killed over 38,000 people in Gaza, mostly civilians, according to the territory's health ministry. — AFP
Early on Wednesday, four people were killed and one critically wounded in the bombing of a house in the central town of Nuseirat, a hospital source.
And two people were killed and six injured in another strike on a home in Bani Suhaila, near Khan Yunis, according to another hospital source.
Israel has stepped up air and ground attacks in Gaza City and southern Gaza since issuing evacuation orders for tens of thousands of people in the war-stricken Palestinian territory.
The heightened military strikes come as Israeli officials start talks in Qatar on Wednesday on reaching a truce in the war raging since the October 7 attacks.
The UN agency has not had control of the building since October. Israeli forces said in February they had found a tunnel underneath the headquarters.
The military said the Palestinians were 'operating inside UNRWA's headquarters in the area and using it as a base to conduct attacks on IDF (Israeli Defense Forces) troops in the central Gaza Strip'. It said that groups had been 'eliminated' and 'large amounts of weapons' found.
UNRWA had no immediate comment on the attack, but has said it has 'no way to verify' claims that its facilities are being used by groups and its allies.
Meanwhile on Tuesday's deadly strike near the Al-Awda school in Abasan, near Khan Yunis, brought new condemnation from Palestinian groups over the Israeli military tactics.
The Gaza government said a 'majority' of the dead were women and children.
The Israeli military said the air force had 'struck gunmen from Hamas' military wing who took part, among other terrorist activities, in the October 7 attacks' in southern Israel.
It was the fourth time in four days that Gaza school buildings sheltering the displaced had been hit.
The military said it was 'looking into the reports that civilians were harmed, adjacent to the Al Awda school', which it acknowledged was 'near the location of the strike. The incident is under review.' Israel's military offensive has killed over 38,000 people in Gaza, mostly civilians, according to the territory's health ministry. — AFP