© Reuters. Israeli troopers trip in navy automobiles close to the Israel-Gaza border, amid the continuing battle between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Israel, January 26, 2024. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini
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By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Fadi Shana
DOHA/GAZA (Reuters) – Israel pressed forward on Saturday with its marketing campaign towards Hamas in Gaza’s Khan Younis, as dangerous climate hit displaced Palestinians searching for refuge additional north within the battered enclave.
Residents reported heavy aerial and tank hearth throughout Khan Younis, an space of southern Gaza that has turn out to be the main focus of Israel’s floor offensive towards Hamas, and round two major hospitals there.
Hamas stated its fighters fired an anti-tank missile towards an Israeli tank in southwest Khan Younis.
The Israeli navy stated it killed at the least 11 gunmen who had been attempting to plant explosives close to troops and others firing rifles and rocket-propelled grenades at troopers in Khan Younis.
The Palestinian Islamic Jihad group, allied with Hamas, stated its fighters had been participating Israeli forces within the space and had fired rockets into Israel.
The Gaza Well being Ministry stated Israeli strikes hit within the vicinities of Al-Amal Hospital and the biggest functioning medical facility within the south, Nasser Hospital.
The Israeli bombardment was compromising healthcare and endangering the lives of docs, sufferers and displaced folks, stated ministry spokesman Ashraf Al-Qidra.
The Israeli navy says it’s involved with hospital administrators and medical employees by telephone and on the bottom to guarantee that they’re operating and accessible. Israel says Hamas operates in and round medical amenities, an allegation the group denies.
In a ruling on Friday, the World Courtroom stopped wanting ordering a ceasefire however ordered Israel to stop acts of genocide towards Palestinians and do extra to assist civilians. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated afterward that the warfare geared toward eliminating Hamas would proceed.
Within the southern metropolis of Rafah, Zainab Khalil, 57, displaced along with her household a number of instances till reaching shelter not removed from the border with Egypt, stated the Worldwide Courtroom of Justice’s ruling was necessary however not sufficient. “We wish a ceasefire now,” she stated.
Israel launched its air, sea and land offensive after militants from the Hamas group that guidelines Gaza stormed into Israel on Oct. 7, killing 1,200 folks and abducting 253.
Some 26,257 Palestinians have been killed and practically 65,000 wounded to date, together with 174 killed within the final 24 hours, Gaza well being authorities stated on Saturday. The vast majority of the enclave’s 2.3 million inhabitants has been displaced.
Israel says 220 troopers have died because it launched its floor offensive. It says it has killed at the least 9,000 Gaza militants to date, a determine that Hamas has dismissed.
Residents and Hamas militants reported preventing on Saturday within the central and northern elements of the enclave, the place heavy rain flooded tents of these displaced, forcing some to hunt various shelter in the course of the evening.
In Rafah, the place over half of Gaza’s folks at the moment are taking cowl in shelters and tents, the Gaza Well being Ministry stated an Israeli air strike killed three folks in a home there.
It was not instantly clear who the casualties had been and there was no rapid remark from the Israeli navy.
Within the occupied West Financial institution, one man was killed in an trade of fireside with Israeli forces close to Jenin, residents stated.
