Situation update in the Gaza Strip, according to ochaopt.org:
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| Structures in the Gaza Strip turned to rubbles following Israeli retaliatory airstrikes after Hamas struck Israel by surprise on Saturday 7 October, 2023 |
Key Highlights
• Attacks hitting humanitarian personnel and missions are further limiting the delivery of life-saving aid.
• In August, the number of humanitarian missions and movements within Gaza that have been denied access by Israeli authorities has almost doubled.
• For the first time since the beginning of hostilities, the Israeli military announced that residents, displaced people and humanitarian organizations could return to certain evacuated areas.
Humanitarian Development
• Israeli bombardment from the air and land continues to be reported across much of the Gaza Strip, resulting in further civilian casualties, displacement, and destruction of houses and other civilian infrastructure.
• Between the afternoons of 26 and 29 August, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH) in Gaza, 167 Palestinians were killed and 321 were injured. Between 7 October 2023 and 29 August 2024, at least 40,602 Palestinians were killed and 93,855 were injured, according to MoH in Gaza.
• The following are some of the deadly incidents reported between 25 and 29 August:
- On 25 August, five Palestinians, including three children and one woman, were reportedly killed and 15 others injured when a house was hit near Patient’s Friends Society Medical Centre, west of Gaza city.
- On 26 August, five Palestinians including a girl and a woman, were reportedly killed and others injured when an apartment, hosting internally displaced people (IDPs), was hit in Al Yarmouk Street, central Gaza city.
- On 26 August, five Palestinians, including four children, were reportedly killed when an apartment was hit in At Tuffah neighbourhood, east Gaza city.
- On 26 August, seven Palestinians were reportedly killed on the beach of Gaza city.
- On 26 August, seven Palestinians, including a woman, two boys and a girl, were reportedly killed and others injured when an apartment was hit in central Al Maghazi, in Deir al Balah…
