Israeli forces shelled several areas in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, killing at least 30 Palestinians.according to health officials, as tanks advanced west and north of Rafah.
Among the dead were local journalist Mohammad Abu Jasser, his wife and two children, by an Israeli attack on their home in the northern Gaza Strip, a doctor said..
The Gaza Government Media Office, He said Abu Jasser’s death brought to 161 the number of Palestinian journalists killed by Israeli fire since October 7.
Israeli military strikes in Gaza have killed 37 Palestinians in the past 24 hours and destroyed several homes. In the al-Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip, an airstrike on a multi-storey building injured several people, including two local journalists, rescue workers said.
In Rafah, where Israel said it intended to dismantle the last battalions of Hamas’s armed wingresidents said tanks advanced deeper into northern areas of the city and took control of a hilltop in the west, amid fierce gunfights with Hamas-led fighters.
The army said troops continued operations in Rafah, eliminating many gunmen over the past day in the Tel Al-Sultan area in the western part of the city.In central Gaza, the army said it had carried out raids on militant infrastructure.
The army also said it had attacked a structure used by Palestinian militants in Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, saying the gunmen were operating from a humanitarian zone, and accused Gaza militants of exploiting civilian structures and populations for military purposes, a charge Hamas and other groups reject as false and used to justify such attacks.
The ceasefire led by Qatar and Egypt and backed by the United States has so far failed due to disputes between the combatants, who blame each other for the stagnation.
