Israeli forces have moved deeper into Jabalia‚ Gazaʼs biggest refugee camp‚ using tanks and heavy firepower. Locals say the army is in the camps center‚ destroying houses and roads as it goes
The military claims its killed many fighters and taken out military sites in Jabalia over the past fortnight. They say this is to stop Hamas from attacking again
Communication in Jabalia and nearby towns has been cut off‚ making it hard for ambulances to help people. The Gaza health ministry reports at least 30 Palestinians killed in strikes on Friday‚ mostly in northern Gaza
Health officials in the north are asking for urgent help. Hospitals are full and running out of supplies‚ food and fuel. At Kamal Adwan Hospital‚ doctors had to move kids from intensive care to make room for adults hurt in an attack on a school in Jabalia that killed 28 people
Weʼre fighting Hamas‚ weʼre not fighting the people of Gaza
Israel says it sent about 30 trucks of aid to northern Gaza on Friday. But Hamas and health officials say this aid isnt getting to the worst-hit areas like Jabalia‚ Beit Hanoun and Beit Lahiya
The UN Palestinian refugee agency UNRWAʼs head‚ Philippe Lazzarini‚ said on social media that the school attack was the third on an UNRWA building this week. He added that 231 UNRWA team members have died in the past year of fighting
This escalation comes after Israel said it killed Yahya Sinwar‚ Hamasʼs leader‚ who they blame for the October 7 attack on Israel last year. That attack‚ which killed 1‚200 Israelis and took 250 hostages‚ started this conflict
Since then‚ Gaza health authorities say over 42‚000 Palestinians have died in Israelʼs response. The fighting has left much of northern Gaza‚ once home to more than half of the territoryʼs 2.3 million people in ruins