Israel Hamas War: Israeli army is entering Hamas stronghold and killing them, fierce fighting continues in Jabalia; 8 lakh homeless Palestinians left Rafah
Fierce fighting continues between the Israeli army and Palestinian fighters in the north and south of Gaza. The Israeli army is now attacking inside Jabalia and near Rafah. Dozens of people are reported to have been killed in these attacks. There is difficulty in evacuating the injured from Jabalia. Meanwhile, 8 lakh homeless Palestinians are reported to have left Rafah but lakhs are still trapped there. While Israeli soldiers have found the body of another hostage in Gaza.
Fierce fighting in Jabalia
Only the bodies of 15 people killed in the fierce fighting in Gaza’s largest refugee area Jabalia and more than two dozen injured Palestinians have been taken out. More bodies and injured are still trapped in the war zone, but it is not possible to take them out amid shelling and bombing. Ibrahim Khaled, a resident of Jabalia, said on the phone that the area is being shelled by tanks and bombed by planes, so no one is safe there.
A total of 35,386 Palestinians were killed in Gaza
The Israeli army said that its operation in Jabalia and Rafah is continuing. On Friday, 70 terrorist hideouts in Gaza were targeted and bombed. While Palestinian fighters’ organizations Hamas, Al Jihad and Fatah have said that they are fighting alongside the Israeli army. They have killed or injured dozens of Israeli soldiers through anti-tank rockets, mortars and explosive devices. A total of 35,386 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza in the seven months of fighting. While 281 Israeli soldiers have been killed in the fighting.
Israeli soldiers found the body of a hostage
After the bodies of three hostages kidnapped from Israel were found in Gaza on Friday, Israeli soldiers also found the body of a hostage on Saturday. The name of this hostage is Ron Benjamin. He was kidnapped from Israel and held hostage by Hamas fighters on October 7, 2023. Meanwhile, opposition leader Benny Gantz, who is part of Israel’s War Cabinet, has threatened to resign. He has said that he is not satisfied with the Israeli government’s action on the Gaza war.
800,000 forced to flee Rafah: UN agency
The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees said on Saturday that 800,000 people have been forced to flee the southern Gaza city of Rafah since Israel launched a military operation there this month.
Gazans have fled to central areas and destroyed buildings, including Khan Younis, following evacuation orders, UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini said in a post on social media site X, according to an AFP report.
At the same time, Israel has said that the ground assault on Rafah was crucial to its fight against Palestinian Hamas activists, and insisted that it was Hamas’ last stronghold in Gaza.
