Israeli forces killed at the very least 16 Palestinians throughout Gaza on Thursday (August 28, 2025) and wounded dozens in the south of the enclave, native well being officers stated, as residents reported intensified army bombardment in the suburbs of Gaza City.
The army is getting ready to take Gaza City, the enclave’s largest city centre, regardless of worldwide calls on Israel to rethink this over fears that the operation would trigger important casualties and displace the roughly a million Palestinians sheltering there.
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In Gaza City, residents stated households have been fleeing their properties, with most heading in the direction of the coast, as Israeli forces bombarded the japanese suburbs of Shejaia, Zeitoun, and Sabra. Thursday’s deaths took 71 the quantity of Palestinians killed by Israeli hearth in the previous 24 hours, the Health Ministry stated.
Israel officers describe Gaza City as the final stronghold of Hamas, which ignited the struggle with its lethal October 2023 assault on Israel. The Islamist militant group has since been decimated by Israel’s assault on Gaza.
The Israeli army stated in an announcement that it was persevering with to function all through Gaza concentrating on what it described as “terrorist organizations” and infrastructure.
The army had killed three militants in the previous day, it stated, with out saying how that they had recognized the people.
A spokesperson for the International Committee of the Red Cross informed Reuters that 31 “weapon-wounded” sufferers, most with gunshot wounds, have been admitted to the Red Cross Field Hospital in the southern Gaza city of Rafah. Four of them have been declared lifeless on arrival.
“Patients said they were injured while trying to reach food distribution sites,” the spokesperson stated, including that since the meals distribution websites started operations on May 27, the hospital had handled over 5,000 “weapon-wounded patients”.
Dozens of Palestinians have been admitted to Nasser Hospital in close by Khan Younis with gunshot wounds, in line with a health care provider there who stated the army had opened hearth on a crowd of Palestinians that had gathered close to an assist distribution website.
Mohammad Saqer, the head of nursing, informed Reuters most of the sufferers had been admitted with gunshot wounds to the higher components of the physique and that many have been in important situation.
The sufferers had reported they have been shot as they sought to gather meals from a distribution website in Rafah, he stated.
The Israeli army had no quick remark.
The struggle broke out when Hamas-led militants launched a shock, cross-border assault on Israel on October 7, 2023, killing around 1,200 people and taking one other 251 hostage. Most of the hostages have since been launched by means of diplomatic negotiations, although 50 stay, of whom 20 are stated to be alive.
Israel has not responded publicly to Hamas’ acceptance of a proposal for a ceasefire that might enable for the return of some of the hostages. Israeli officers have, nonetheless, insisted that it might solely settle for a deal that sees all of the hostages launched and Hamas’ give up.
Israel’s army marketing campaign, which it says is directed towards Gaza’s rulers Hamas, has devastated the territory and displaced most of the roughly two million Palestinians there.
More than 62,000 Palestinians, most of them ladies and youngsters, have been killed by the Israeli army, in line with native well being officers, who haven’t stated what number of combatants have been killed in the preventing.
With the enclave in the grips of a humanitarian disaster, the Gaza well being ministry stated on Thursday that 4 extra people, together with two youngsters, had died of malnutrition and hunger in the enclave, elevating deaths from such causes to 317 people, together with 121 youngsters, since the struggle began.
Israel disputes the Health Ministry’s fatality figures and, on Wednesday, requested a worldwide starvation monitor to retract an evaluation that discovered that Gaza City and surrounding areas are affected by famine.
Published – August 28, 2025 06:30 pm IST
