Gaza: Israeli Occupation Forces Intensify Attacks as Humanitarian Crisis Deepens
Israeli occupation forces have continued their devastating military campaign against Gaza Strip for 601 days, with the current phase of intense operations resuming 73 days ago. The offensive escalated after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu backed out of a ceasefire agreement, bolstered by American political and military support amid what observers describe as international inaction and failure.
Breaking | Under harsh conditions and with basic tools, Civil Defense and medical teams are trying to recover bodies and search for the missing beneath the rubble after Israeli forces bombed the Al-Azzam family home in Jabalia al-Balad, northern Gaza. pic.twitter.com/XYZ85PPdEE
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) May 28, 2025
According to field correspondents, occupation forces have conducted dozens of airstrikes across Gaza, while the prohibition on essential food supplies since early March has dramatically worsened conditions, pushing residents toward famine.
Medical authorities have confirmed at least 14 Palestinian casualties from Israeli airstrikes since dawn today. In Jabalia al-Balad, northern Gaza, three citizens were killed and multiple others wounded when Israeli warplanes targeted a residential house. Meanwhile, aircraft bombed the Abu Shamala family home in the al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza.
Breaking | A woman was killed and others injured as Israeli occupation forces bombed a kindergarten sheltering displaced Palestinians in Jabalia al-Balad, northern Gaza. pic.twitter.com/moag5R6O8d
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) May 28, 2025
In Khan Yunis, recovery teams retrieved the body of Alaa Mansour Ali Jarghoun following an Israeli bombardment in the eastern sector. Two additional citizens were killed this morning in strikes on Qizan Abu Rashwan, south of Khan Yunis. In the same area, Muhammad Ashour and his wife, Waad al-Farra, also lost their lives to Israeli shelling.
In Rafah, one casualty was recovered near the al-Alam roundabout, where Israeli occupation forces had fired upon hungry civilians attempting to access aid distribution two days prior. Reports indicate forces again opened fire on citizens gathering for humanitarian assistance in the same location.
Gazans bidding farewell to their loved ones, who were deliberately slaughtered in the ongoing Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip. pic.twitter.com/48Zo8YaBHN
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) May 29, 2025
A particularly deadly airstrike at dawn today hit the Azzam family home and a kindergarten sheltering displaced persons in Jabalia al-Balad, killing seven civilians—including two girls—and injuring ten others. The deceased have been identified as Aswar Jasser Azzam, Rital Jasser Azzam, Abdul Aziz Masoud Rajab Azzam, Ahmed Masoud Rajab Azzam, Khadija Khalil Azzam, Najwa Deeb Zaki Azzam, and Fatima Hamouda.
Breaking | Two Palestinians reported killed and others injured in an Israeli occupation strike that targeted them while they were heading to the American company aid center in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip pic.twitter.com/oprlvFxY9i
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) May 29, 2025
In other incidents, Israeli warplanes conducted two predawn strikes east of Gaza City, while 13-year-old Ahmed Awad Muhammad Sarsour was killed when aircraft targeted a displacement tent in Deir al-Balah's al-Barakah area. Medical teams also recovered one body following strikes on the Abu al-Kass family residence near the Sanafour intersection in Gaza City's al-Tuffah neighborhood, with approximately 20 people reportedly still trapped under rubble.
Israeli airstrike targeted the home of the Abu Al-Kass family in Al-Tuffah neighborhood, east of Gaza City. pic.twitter.com/7P5SnGPxCF
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) May 28, 2025
Israeli aggression has included demolition of residential buildings in eastern Gaza City and helicopter bombardment of the Sheikh Ajlin neighborhood in southwestern Gaza.
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