Israel intensifies Gaza City bombardment, forcing families to flee

The Israeli forces increased their attacks on the city of Gaza with a wave of heavy air strikes and pointed out a sharp rise from previous military operations.

Unlike the previous stages of the war, the current attack was largely based on air bombardments, all apartment blocks and large concrete structures were reduced to rubble.

Recently, the condensation of strikes has triggered an increase in civil displacement.

Israel warned that Gaza City residents immediately leave with the expectation of a major attack.

On Saturday, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said that approximately 250,000 people left the city and moved to the south. He also said that he had destroyed a high -storey building, which he said was used to “advance and carry out terrorist attacks” against his troops.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the city is the last major castle of Hamas. However, the plan to occupy Gaza City has brought international criticism.

The UN warned the intensification of the attack in a region where a famine has already been declared, and will push civilians into a “deeper disaster”. The city of Gaza is the largest city center in the region and a historical heart of Palestine political and social life.

Residents say that the Israeli army targets schools and temporary shelters and usually warned only a few minutes before the bombing.

Many families had to flee to the Western Gaza in the dark.

Saly Tafeesh, a mother who took refuge in the city, said, “My husband, three of our children and we have escaped from me.” “My brother died in my arms after being shot by a Quadcopter drone. We ran to the west of Gaza in the dark.”

The Israeli army told the inhabitants to evacuate in the south of the region – but many families say that they cannot meet the journey, which is about $ 1,100 (£ 800). Meanwhile, Hamas intensified the calls of residents to resist and resist to resistance.

Rubein Khaled, a nine father who was preparing to move to the south, expressed disappointment.

“Hamas Preacher in Friday prayers accused everyone who left Gaza City of being a coward running from the battlefield.” He said.

“But why not tell Hamas leaders to surrender and release the Israeli hostages to stop this war? We don’t want to leave, but we don’t have any other options.”

Israeli forces have not yet reached some Eastern neighborhoods that have been largely intact since the previous raids, but the current campaign shows that they are now trying to dismantle all regions.

Meanwhile, the Qatar Foreign Ministry spokesman strongly criticized the Israeli prime minister in an interview with the BBC after a strike to Hamas officials in the Qatar capital of Israel, this week.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Majed Al-Essari, BBC’e international community “a Netanyahu problem should deal with” said.

“He is not someone who listens to anyone right now, listening to any reason, and we need to stop him collectively on his runway.” He said.

He argued that the strike in Doha showed the Israeli leader that he “did not want to sign any peace agreement” to end the war in Gaza, and instead, “believed to” reshape the Middle East in his own image “.

Five of the group and Qatar security guard were killed in the strike on Tuesday – Palestinian armed group claimed that senior leaders were not killed. Hamas members were in Doha to discuss the latest US proposal for the ceasefire in Gaza.

Israel has encountered widespread condemnation, Included in the UN Security Council. Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel’s targeting the “terrorist brain” behind the Israeli attack on October 7, 2023 Hamas.

Qatar Prime Minister Muhammad bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani said that Qatar had never received a warning about the strike before and that he received only one US official 10 minutes after the attack started.

On Friday, Al-Thani had dinner with US President Donald Trump in New York and his ambassador Steve Witkoff, who had previously met Vice President JD Vance and Foreign Minister Marco Rubio at the White House.

Rubio travels to Israel this weekend in a solidarity with Israel before the UN meeting, which is expected to officially recognize a Palestinian state of France and Britain.

On Saturday, the Ministry of Health, operated by Hamas in Gaza, said that the bodies of 47 people killed by the Israeli army arrived at their hospitals the previous day.

Since the UN -backed global food safety experts confirmed a famine in Gaza City on 22 August, the ministry said at least 142 people have died in the region without hunger and malnutrition. Israel has expanded its efforts to facilitate aid delivery and objected to the figures of the Ministry of Health about deaths related to malnutrition.

The Israeli Army launched a campaign in Gaza in response to the attack on Southern Israel, led by Hamas on 7 October 2023, and about 1,200 people were killed and 251 people were hostage.

According to the Ministry of Health, at least 64,803 people have been killed in Israeli attacks in Gaza since then.