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Al Manar
12 hours ago
- Politics
- Al Manar
Gaza: Israeli Occupation Forces Intensify Attacks as Humanitarian Crisis Deepen
On the 83rd day of Gaza's ongoing war, the Israeli occupation forces carried out two deadly attacks near aid distribution points in the southern and central parts of Gaza. Dozens of people lost their lives or were injured in these strikes. The Government Media Office confirmed it is fully prepared to guard aid convoys and help deliver supplies to those in need. However, the so-called Gaza Humanitarian Foundation admitted it failed to distribute aid properly. A sad morning on the third day of Eid Al-Adha, as this bereaved family bid farewell to a loved one who was shot dead by Israeli occupation forces while desperately waiting for food outside the U.S. aid distribution center in southern Gaza. — Quds News Network (@QudsNen) June 8, 2025 Sources in Gaza's hospitals reported that since Sunday morning, Israeli airstrikes killed 21 Palestinians across different areas of the strip. Meanwhile, resistance groups set up ambushes to attack Israeli soldiers, causing further casualties. One source from Nasser Medical Complex said two bodies were recovered after Israeli shelling in the Ma'an area east of Khan Yunis, in southern Gaza. Another from Al-Shifa Hospital reported that eight Palestinians were martyred Israeli in attacks on Jabalia al-Balad, in the north. An elderly man and a young girl were among those injured during Israeli shelling in the Al-Atatra neighborhood, in Beit Lahia, north of Gaza. BREAKING: Two Palestinians were just killed in an Israeli attack on Ma'an neighborhood, southeast of Khan Younis, according to local sources. — Quds News Network (@QudsNen) June 8, 2025 Photos captured ongoing bombardments in the Qizan al-Najjar and Qizan Rashwan areas south of Khan Yunis. Bombing also hit the Batn al-Sameen area, where Israeli planes flew low over the city. Gaza is under a heavy military push by Israeli forces. The Civil Defense in Gaza said Israel killed 15 people in the al-Sabra neighborhood of Gaza City. Dozens more were trapped under rubble, injured, or wounded. Palestinian Mujahideen mourned their Secretary-General, Asaad Abu Sharia, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike targeting him and his family in al-Sabra. New Ambushes Despite the brutality of the aggression, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), previously announced that its fighters had blown up a tunnel on Friday targeting an Israeli infantry force of six soldiers, killing and wounding them in the Murtaja area, southeast of Khan Yunis. In the northern Gaza Strip, the Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad movement, said its fighters on Friday ambushed an Israeli force holed up inside a house, during which they detonated reverse-engineered explosive devices and shells in the Tel al-Zaatar area east of Jabalia camp. The Al-Quds Brigades added that they shelled a barrage of mortar shells at a gathering of Israeli soldiers and vehicles advancing near the eastern line of Khan Yunis. Since October 7, 2023, the occupying entity, with American support, has been committing genocide in Gaza, killing, starving, destroying, and displacing civilians, ignoring international calls and orders from the International Court of Justice to halt it. The war of extermination has left more than 180,000 Palestinians dead and wounded, most of them women and children, and more than 11,000 missing. Hundreds of thousands have been displaced, many of them children, and the famine has caused widespread destruction.
Al Jazeera
17 hours ago
- Politics
- Al Jazeera
Israel kills more than 70 in Gaza, including 16 in attack on family home
Israeli raids across Gaza have killed at least 75 Palestinians, with rescuers scrambling to find dozens of bodies under the rubble after the bombing of a residential building in Gaza City described by the enclave's civil defence as a 'full-fledged massacre'. Palestinian Civil Defence spokesperson Mahmoud Basel told Al Jazeera that the Israeli army gave 'no warning, no alert' before Saturday's strike on the house in the Sabra neighbourhood of Gaza City that left at least 16 people dead, including women and children. 'This is truly a full-fledged massacre … a building full of civilians,' said Basel, who added that approximately 85 people were believed to be trapped under the rubble. 'We woke up to the strikes, destruction, yelling, rocks hitting us,' said Hamed Keheel, a displaced Palestinian at the site, noting that the attack had taken place on the second day of Eid al-Adha. 'This is the occupation,' he said. 'Instead of waking up to cheer our children and dress them up to enjoy Eid, we wake up to carry women and children's bodies from under rubble.' Local resident Hassan Alkhor told Al Jazeera that the building belonged to the Abu Sharia family. 'May God hold the Israeli forces and [Israeli Prime Minister] Netanyahu accountable,' he said. The Times of Israel newspaper cited the Israeli military as saying that it had killed top Palestinian fighter Asaad Abu Sharia in the attack. Abu Sharia was the leader of the Mujahideen Brigades, who the military claimed had participated in the October 7 Hamas-led attack on Israel in 2023. Hamas confirmed the killing in a statement shared on Telegram, saying that Abu Sharia's brother, Ahmed Abu Sharia, had also been assassinated in the attack, which it said was 'part of a series of brutal massacres against civilians'. Also on Saturday, Israeli forces killed at least eight Palestinians waiting near an aid distribution site run by the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) in Rafah in southern Gaza. The attack was the latest in a series of deadly incidents around the group's operations that have killed 118 people and left others missing in less than two weeks. Gaza resident Samir Abu Hadid told the AFP news agency that thousands of people had gathered at the al-Alam roundabout near the aid site. 'As soon as some people tried to advance towards the aid centre, the Israeli [forces] opened fire from armoured vehicles stationed near the centre, firing into the air and then at civilians,' Abu Hadid said. One woman told Al Jazeera her husband had been killed in the attack after going to the aid point to get 'a handful of rice for our starving children'. 'He said he felt he was walking towards death, I begged him not to leave. He insisted to find anything to feed our children,' she said. The GHF, a shadowy United States-backed private group engaged by Israel to distribute aid under the protection of its troops and security contractors, began operations in late May, replacing existing networks run by the United Nations and charities that have worked for decades. Critics say the group does not abide by humanitarian principles of neutrality, claiming that its operations weaponise aid, serving Israel's stated aims of ethnically cleansing large swaths of Gaza and controlling the entire enclave. GHF said on Saturday that it was unable to distribute any humanitarian relief because Hamas issued 'direct threats' against its operations. 'These threats made it impossible to proceed today without putting innocent lives at risk,' it said in a statement. Hamas told the Reuters news agency that it had no knowledge of these 'alleged threats'. The United Nations, which has refused to cooperate with the GHF, has warned that most of Gaza's 2.3 million population is at risk of famine after an 11-week Israeli blockade, with the rate of young children suffering from acute malnutrition nearly tripling. As Israel continued its attacks amid the looming famine, it emerged that health authorities had recorded more than 300 miscarriages over an 80-day period in the enclave. Expectant mothers face an increased risk of miscarriage and premature births, with basic medical supplies such as iron supplements and prenatal vitamins impossible to obtain. Brenda Kelly, a consultant obstetrician at Oxford University Hospital, told Al Jazeera that Gaza was 'losing a future generation of children', alluding to a 'staggering rise' in stillbirths, miscarriages and pre-term births. 'What we're seeing now is the direct fallout of Israel's weaponising of hunger in Gaza – impacting babies' growth and growth restriction is one of the leading causes of miscarriages and stillbirth,' she said. Severe malnutrition among pregnant women is compounded by severe stress and psychological trauma, as well as repeated displacement and a lack of safe shelter, she said. Those babies that do survive face heightened health risks. 'We know that famine experienced in-utero has lifelong consequences for children who then go into adulthood with much higher risks of cardiovascular disease and diabetes, as well as mental health disorders,' she said.
Yahoo
21 hours ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
Israel says it has killed leader of Palestinian militant group that took part in October 7 attack
The Israeli military says it has killed the leader of a Palestinian militant group that took part in the October 7, 2023, terror attacks on southern Israel. Asaad Abu Sharia, who led the Palestinian Mujahideen Movement and its armed wing the Mujahideen Brigades, was killed in a joint operation with Israel's Shin Bet security agency, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Saturday. His death and that of his brother Ahmed Abu Sharia were confirmed by the militant group hours after Gaza's Civil Defense reported that an Israeli airstrike had hit their family home in the Sabra area of Gaza City. Hamas run Al-Aqsa TV said the strike killed at least 15 people and injured several. Video showed people searching through the debris of a demolished four-story house. The Mujahideen Brigades took part in the October 7 attacks alongside Hamas and other Palestinian terror groups and took hostage some of the most high-profile captives, including a family whose suffering became a symbol of the attack. According to the Israeli military, Sharia was among the militant leaders who stormed Kibbutz Nir Oz, a small Israeli community near the Gaza border where many residents were killed or taken hostage during the brutal terror assault that led to Israel's war in Gaza. Despite not being aware of Hamas' plans in advance, fighters from the jihadist group joined in the cross-border assault 'as an extension of the Hamas attack,' the Israeli military said. According to Israel, Sharia was directly involved in the abduction and murders of Shiri, Ariel and Kfir Bibas – a family that became one of the most recognizable victims of the attack, partly because of the young ages of Kfir and Ariel, who were nine months and four years old respectively at the time. Kfir was the youngest hostage kidnapped into Gaza and the youngest to have been killed. The boys' mother, Shiri, was 32 at the time of her kidnap. Their father Yarden was also captured, but was released alive in February after 484 days in captivity. Reacting to news of Sharia's killing, the Bibas family expressed their 'heartfelt gratitude' to the Israeli military, saying his death was 'another step on the journey towards closure.' 'While Shiri, Ariel, and Kfir cannot be brought back, we find some measure of comfort knowing these despicable murderers will not harm another family,' the Bibas family said in a statement shared via the Hostages and Missing Families Forum. Israel's military said Sharia was also involved in the abduction of the Israeli-American couple Gad Haggai and Judi Lynn Weinstein Haggai and the abduction and killing of Thai national Nattapong Pinta. The Israeli-American couple were killed near their home in Kibbutz Nir Oz during the attack in 2023. The body of Nattapong, an agricultural worker who was abducted alive on October 7, was recovered from southern Gaza in a military operation on Friday. Israel said it believes the Mujahideen Brigades are still holding the body of an additional foreign national. The group has previously denied killing their captives.
Middle East Eye
21 hours ago
- Politics
- Middle East Eye
Israeli strike kills Mujahideen leader and brother in Gaza City
Hamas has confirmed that Sheikh Asaad Abu Sharia, secretary-general of the Mujahideen movement, and his brother Ahmed Abu Sharia, were killed in an Israeli strike on Gaza City's Sabra neighbourhood. In a statement posted on Telegram, Hamas described the killings as 'part of a series of brutal massacres against civilians'. Earlier, medical sources told Al Jazeera that the attack in Sabra left at least 16 people dead, including six children, and wounded more than 50. Rescue crews continue to search for survivors, with an estimated 85 people still trapped beneath the rubble.
CNN
a day ago
- Politics
- CNN
Israel says it has killed leader of Palestinian militant group that took part in October 7 attack
The Israeli military says it has killed the leader of a Palestinian militant group that took part in the October 7, 2023, terror attacks on southern Israel. Asaad Abu Sharia, who led the Palestinian Mujahideen Movement and its armed wing the Mujahideen Brigades, was killed in a joint operation with Israel's Shin Bet security agency, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Saturday. His death and that of his brother Ahmed Abu Sharia were confirmed by the militant group hours after Gaza's Civil Defense reported that an Israeli airstrike had hit their family home in the Sabra area of Gaza City. Hamas run Al-Aqsa TV said the strike killed at least 15 people and injured several. Video showed people searching through the debris of a demolished four-story house. The Mujahideen Brigades took part in the October 7 attacks alongside Hamas and other Palestinian terror groups and took hostage some of the most high-profile captives, including a family whose suffering became a symbol of the attack. According to the Israeli military, Sharia was among the militant leaders who stormed Kibbutz Nir Oz, a small Israeli community near the Gaza border where many residents were killed or taken hostage during the brutal terror assault that led to Israel's war in Gaza. Despite not being aware of Hamas' plans in advance, fighters from the jihadist group joined in the cross-border assault 'as an extension of the Hamas attack,' the Israeli military said. According to Israel, Sharia was directly involved in the abduction and murders of Shiri, Ariel and Kfir Bibas – a family that became one of the most recognizable victims of the attack, partly because of the young ages of Kfir and Ariel, who were nine months and four years old respectively at the time. Kfir was the youngest hostage kidnapped into Gaza and the youngest to have been killed. The boys' mother, Shiri, was 32 at the time of her kidnap. Their father Yarden was also captured, but was released alive in February after 484 days in captivity. Reacting to news of Sharia's killing, the Bibas family expressed their 'heartfelt gratitude' to the Israeli military, saying his death was 'another step on the journey towards closure.' 'While Shiri, Ariel, and Kfir cannot be brought back, we find some measure of comfort knowing these despicable murderers will not harm another family,' the Bibas family said in a statement shared via the Hostages and Missing Families Forum. Israel's military said Sharia was also involved in the abduction of the Israeli-American couple Gad Haggai and Judi Lynn Weinstein Haggai and the abduction and killing of Thai national Nattapong Pinta. The Israeli-American couple were killed near their home in Kibbutz Nir Oz during the attack in 2023. The body of Nattapong, an agricultural worker who was abducted alive on October 7, was recovered from southern Gaza in a military operation on Friday. Israel said it believes the Mujahideen Brigades are still holding the body of an additional foreign national. The group has previously denied killing their captives.
