Deir Al-Balah, Gaza Strip (AP) – Israel raided skyscrapers In Gaza city After the evacuation warning, on Friday, the military stepped up its operation aimed at seizing control. A city struck by hunger Of the approximately 1 million Palestinians. The strikes have killed at least 27 people elsewhere in Gaza city, health officials said.
The military accused Hamas militants of using skyscrapers in the city for surveillance and planning an ambush, saying they will carry out “accurate and targeted strikes” on extremist infrastructure in the coming days.
Israel has begun mobilizing tens of thousands of reserves and has repeatedly sent evacuation warnings as part of its plans to expand the attack. Overseas criticism.
The relatives carry the body of Jab Al Ashaab, a Palestinian infant who was killed in an Israeli military strike at a funeral outside Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on Thursday, September 4, 2025.
Palestinians said Friday’s strike targeted the Mushtach Tower in Limal, a pre-war high-end region. Ahmed al-Bori, a resident of Gaza city, said People fleeing Israeli operations elsewhere In the city, we were looking for shelter inside and outside the building. Satellite images showed numerous tents nearby.
It was not immediately clear whether someone was injured or killed on the strike.
Israel said Hamas used it for surveillance and attacked the building. Photos of the building, taken before Friday’s strike, showed that its roof had already been heavily damaged from previous attacks.
Palestinians lament the bodies of people killed in an Israeli military strike during a funeral outside Shifa Hospital in Gaza city on Thursday, September 4, 2025.
The fear grows as Israeli forces advance
Israel declared Gaza city north of its territory Combat Zone. Parts of the city are considered “red zones” where Palestinians are ordered to evacuate ahead of the already anticipated fierce fighting.
It placed its inhabitants on the edge, including many who returned after fleeing the city during the early stages of the war, which already displaced about 90% of the territory’s population.
City’s Shifa Hospital said 27 people were killed in the Israeli strike through Friday, including six members of one family. Israeli military says it targets only extremists and blames Hamas on the deaths of civilians as extremists are operating in areas with a large population.
It also caused an attack Wide protests Among Israelis fear that it will put the hostages still held in Gaza at risk, some of which are believed to be in Gaza city. There are 48 such hostages, of which 20 believe Israel is alive.
Protesters blame Netanyahu Extend the war Instead, to satisfy his far-right management partner. Together with Hamas, we reach a ceasefire To bring hostages home.
“The Israeli government is fighting a war of attrition against us, against all Israeli citizens, especially the hostage families,” said Richey Ravi Milan, wife of hostage Omri Milan.
Hamas video shows hostages
Hamas has released a propaganda video of two hostages from Gaza City. This video shows Guy Gilboa Dalal, who was joined at one point by another hostage Aron Owell.
Gilboa Dalal is pleading to end the war and the return of hostages, perhaps under obsession. He was last seen in the video with another hostage, Eviyatar David, over six months ago.
Hamas-led militants killed about 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and sought 251 in the attack on southern Israel on October 7, 2023, which sparked war.
Israeli retaliatory attacks have killed more than 64,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza’s Ministry of Health.
Israel says the war will continue until all hostages are returned and Hamas is disarmed, and it will maintain free security controls on the territory of around 2 million Palestinians. Hamas said that in return for Palestinian prisoners, a permanent ceasefire and a full Israeli withdrawal from Gaza, they would only release the remaining hostages.
Settlers attack Palestinians in the West Bank
Israeli settlers descended on the Palestinian village of Karet a-daba The occupied West Bank Palestinians who arrived in the village in the aftermath of the attack said they were attacking residents with clubs and pepper spray all night.
A video obtained from 26-year-old Palestinian activist Adieb Hainini shows an elderly man with cuts on his head and legs, and a woman with blood-soaked head shed.
Another video shows local activist Basel Adora hugging a baby with blood in her head and asking for help, saying “there is a lot of blood.” Adra said nine Palestinians were hospitalized after the attack.
Adra was directly helpful Oscar-winning documentary “No Other Lands” About violence by local settlers. Israeli forces demolished most of the village last month.
The military did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Protest against US sanctions against Palestinian civil society
Human rights groups in Israel and Palestinian protest against new US sanctions aimed at Palestinian civil society, saying in a joint statement it “is causing serious harm to major human rights groups that have worked for decades to protect Palestinians.”
On Thursday, the Trump administration announced sanctions against three Palestinian groups, the Alhak, Armezan and the Palestinian Center for Human Rights. The new measures will make it difficult for them to receive donations from the United States.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the US is targeting the group for its involvement in the International Criminal Court efforts to investigate, arrest and prosecute Israelis.
The ICC was issued last year Netanyahu’s arrest letter And his former defense minister argues crimes against humanity in Gaza. The US and Israel refused the allegations, and the US was approved Many ICC judges and prosecutors.
“The United States effectively punishes the very act of tackling human rights abuses and abuse,” said Ammar Dwaik, head of the Palestinian Human Rights Commission. “This criminalizes accountability and sets a dangerous global precedent that allows the government to silence investigators.”
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Frankel reported from Jerusalem to Beirut to Muroe.
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