On the 705th day of Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza, relentless bombardment continues across the devastated and besieged enclave, Israeli forces have killed 79 Palestinians on Wednesday, including at least 60 in Gaza City alone.
The occupation forces fired flares into the skies of Gaza City, causing fires to break out in the tents of the displaced as a result of their collapse in the vicinity of the Fayrouz Towers. The occupation drones opened fire on the vicinity of the Abdel Aal Junction on Al-Jalaa Street, west of Gaza City.
Earlier, 3 citizens were killed and others were injured when the occupation forces bombed a tent housing displaced people in the Al-Shati camp, west of Gaza City.
Two citizens were also killed and others were injured when occupation aircraft targeted citizens near the Palestine Mosque in the Al-Rimal neighborhood in the same area.
A Wafa news correspondent said that 4 citizens were killed and others were injured in an occupation bombing that targeted a gathering of citizens near Al-Hajj Bakery, south of Al-Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip.
A citizen was killed by occupation bullets in the Oasis and Equestrian area on Bahr Street in the town of Beit Lahia, north of the Gaza Strip.
Since this morning, the Israeli occupation aircraft have destroyed a residential tower, more than 10 homes, dozens of tents for the displaced, and displaced hundreds of citizens in the neighborhoods of Gaza City. The Israeli occupation artillery also renewed its bombing and targeting of areas east of the city of Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip.
In one of the deadliest single strikes on Wednesday, at least 17 civilians from the Jnaid and Abdullah families were killed, and others were injured in an Israeli airstrike in western Gaza City, coinciding with the attack on Tayba ll Tower, which left several casualties.
Israel, the occupying power, is currently committing genocide in Gaza, leaving at least 64,656 killed, 163,503 wounded, most of them children and women, hundreds of thousands displaced, and a famine that claimed the lives of 404 citizens, including 141 children, since October 2023.
Children are bearing the brunt of Israel’s ongoing starvation campaign, aimed at the entire population of 2.3 million Palestinians in Gaza:
Gaza City is witnessing a wave of displacement, with people fleeing to uncertain destinations as Israeli troops carry out heavy airstrikes on residential towers and buildings.
Families are forced to seek refuge in overcrowded areas or makeshift shelters, while some are left homeless in the streets.
The UN Office for Human Rights reports that 379 Palestinians were killed in 270 Israeli attacks on residential buildings in Gaza City over the course of a single month.
A wounded Gazan girl trembles in fear, her small body shaken by trauma, after Israeli strikes targeted a group of civilians in Nuseirat Refugee Camp, central Gaza Strip.
Gaza City is being subjected to constant airstrikes of residential buildings:
The humanitarian work team in the occupied Palestinian territory warned of the consequences of the “dangerous escalation in Gaza City” as the Israeli occupation forces expanded their aggression and issued “evacuation orders” for all citizens and displaced people in the city to move to the southern Gaza Strip.
The team, which includes United Nations agencies and more than 200 local and international non-governmental organizations, said, “This escalation comes two weeks after famine was confirmed in Gaza City and neighboring areas”.
The group added in a press statement published by the United Nations website: “While the Israeli authorities unilaterally declared an area in the south as ‘humanitarian’, they did not take effective steps to ensure the safety of those forced to move to the area, and the size and scope of services are not appropriate to support those already in the area, as well as new arrivals.”.
In light of ongoing Israeli restrictions, the team stressed the need to expand humanitarian access to include direct roads to the north and south, and to open fuel and water supplies.
The team sent a message to families in Gaza, stressing that the humanitarian community will remain in Gaza City for as long as possible, and will continue its work throughout the Strip and do everything possible to provide relief and life-saving services.
The team brings together heads of United Nations bodies and more than 200 non-governmental organizations, international and local, all working in the field of humanitarian affairs in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, in accordance with internationally agreed humanitarian principles.
Palestinian infant Hekma Nofal, just 21 days old, was born with severe, complex facial deformities caused by her mother’s exposure to toxic gases, gunpowder, missiles, and contaminated food and water. Doctors in Gaza are unable to diagnose or treat her due to the health system’s collapse and lack of medical resources amid the Israeli blockade.
“Stop the war for God’s sake! I am not leaving” A Palestinian father breaks down in front of his tent after it was destroyed in an Israeli strike that targeted a tower and leveled it to the ground. He appeals to the world to stop the Israeli genocide, saying there is nowhere else to go and no shelter, and he confirms he will not leave Gaza or move south.
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On Wednesday morning before noon, Israeli forces killed at least 34 Palestinians, including 26 in Gaza city, and wounding dozens more since dawn, Wednesday, and deepening the humanitarian collapse.
Among the latest victims are Palestinians waiting for food aid, as the death toll from starvation and malnutrition climbs to 404, including 141 children, according to Gaza’s Ministry of Health.
17 Palestinians were killed and dozens injured when the Israeli army bombarded tents of displaced people in the Shalehat area, west of Gaza City.
Israeli forces issued evacuation orders targeting Gaza’s port district and the southern section of the Rimal neighborhood before launching an airstrike that destroyed the Tayba highrise Tower.
The attack killed two Palestinians and wounded others. With no safe zones remaining, displaced families are left with nowhere to flee as the offensive expands into densely populated urban areas.
The destruction of Tayba Tower followed direct Israeli orders to evacuate the building, issued just an hour before the strike.
Al-Jazeera English said that Israeli forces have struck yet another high-rise building in Gaza City, continuing their assault on the besieged enclave’s urban infrastructure.
It added that this marks the seventh major tower targeted in recent weeks, part of a sustained campaign to assert control over the most densely populated area of Palestinian territory.
Separately, one Palestinian was killed and several wounded in an Israeli strike on the Rasheed coastal road, west of Gaza City.
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In western Gaza City, 15 Palestinians were killed when Israeli warplanes bombed tents sheltering displaced families.
Medical staff at the Shifa Hospital described the attack as a massacre of civilians already uprooted by previous strikes.
Breaking: Hell upon hell — scenes you might mistake for a horror movie, but this is the grim reality unfolding every moment. Just minutes ago, several residential towers were destroyed in western Gaza, surrounded by tens of thousands of displaced people sheltering in tents. pic.twitter.com/gafeoe3P1y
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In Khan Younis, in southern Gaza, four Palestinians were killed in a drone strike targeting a group of civilians in the city center, sources at Nasser Medical Complex said.
Another Palestinian waiting for aid was shot dead by Israeli forces in the same city, while several others were wounded near the Netzarim corridor, where Israeli troops have repeatedly targeted aid distribution points.
Hospitals throughout the Gaza Strip confirmed five more deaths on Wednesday, including one child, resulting from starvation and acute malnutrition within the past 24 hours.
The humanitarian crisis has reached catastrophic levels. The World Health Organization and UNICEF estimate that over 500,000 people are trapped in famine zones, with food, water, and medical aid systematically blocked.
Since January, more than 44,000 children have been treated for acute malnutrition. UNRWA reports that malnutrition among children under five has doubled between March and June, directly linked to Israel’s blockade and military siege.
In a landmark address to the European Parliament, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced a series of measures in response to the crisis.
She pledged to propose a partial suspension of the EU-Israel Association Agreement on trade-related matters, sanctions against extremist Israeli ministers, and a halt to bilateral support for Israel. “What is happening in Gaza has shaken the conscience of the world,” she said. “Deliberate starvation must never be used as a weapon of war. It must end.”
Von der Leyen also announced the formation of a donor group for Palestine next month, alongside a dedicated mechanism for Gaza’s reconstruction. Her remarks reflect a growing shift in European policy, as calls intensify for accountability and an end to the siege.
Amnesty International has warned that Israel’s expanding offensive in Gaza City will have catastrophic and irreversible consequences, accusing Israeli forces of pressing ahead with mass displacement and destruction in defiance of international law.
The organization reiterated that forced transfers of civilians within or outside Gaza constitute war crimes and may amount to acts of genocide under the Geneva Conventions and the Rome Statute.
The convergence of military escalation, famine, and international condemnation signals a worsening crisis with no end in sight. Gaza’s population remains trapped under siege, facing starvation, bombardment, and the systematic dismantling of every essential service.
Israel has now killed at least at least 64,605 Palestinians and wounded more than 163,319, the majority of whom are children, women, and elderly, since October 2023. Thousands more remain under the rubble in areas inaccessible to rescue teams in devastated areas across the coastal enclave.
