GAZA: Many Palestinians had been searching for shelter on Wednesday (Jul 3) after fleeing their properties in southern Gaza and complained of water shortages as Israel pressed on with its military offensive within the densely populated enclave.
Israeli forces carried out new army strikes within the southern metropolis of Rafah amid fierce combating with Palestinian militants in a single day, residents stated. At the very least 12 individuals had been killed in new strikes in central and northern Gaza, well being officers stated.
Israel’s leaders have stated they’re winding down the section of intense combating in opposition to Hamas, the extremist group that has ruled Gaza since 2007, and can quickly shift to extra focused operations within the practically nine-month-old struggle in Gaza.
However combating continued in a single day in two areas on the centre of Rafah, the place tanks have seized a number of districts and superior additional west and north of the town in current days, and considerations concerning the plight of a whole bunch of hundreds of displaced individuals are rising.
The Israeli army stated its forces had continued focused, intelligence-based operations in Rafah, dismantled a number of army websites and killed Palestinian militants.
Hamas’ armed wing stated it had shelled two Israeli tanks in a neighbourhood west of Rafah and fired mortar bombs at Israeli forces attacking Shejaia, an japanese suburb of Gaza Metropolis within the centre of the enclave.
The armed wing of Islamic Jihad, an allied group, stated it had shelled an Israeli army bulldozer in Rafah, and fired on Israeli military positions east of Shejaia.
In Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza, two Israeli airstrikes killed 5 Palestinians, well being officers stated. In Shejaia an airstrike killed 4 and wounded 17, medics stated.
One other airstrike hit a automotive within the southern metropolis of Deir Al-Balah, killing three individuals, well being officers stated.