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By Virginia Pietromarchi, Tim Hume and Usaid Siddiqui    Israel’s ground assault of Gaza’s largest city risks the lives of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians trapped, starved, and under fire from all sides.
    The Lebanese group Hezbollah commemorates one year since its then-chief Hassan Nasrallah was killed by Israel in a huge air raid.
    Israel’s war on Gaza has killed at least 65,549 people and wounded 167,518 since October 2023. Thousands more are believed buried under the rubble. A total of 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the October 7, 2023 attacks and about 200 taken captive.

Casualties after Israeli drone strikes hit central Gaza

    Medical sources at al-Awda Hospital says a number of Palestinians were injured by Israeli drone strikes at the Nuseirat refugee camp.
At least 72 people have been killed across the Gaza Strip in Israeli attacks since morning.

More hospitals shut down as Israel escalates attacks on Gaza City

    The few hospitals still partially functioning in central Gaza have become overwhelmed with wounded and sick Palestinians fleeing Israel’s bombardment in the north.
    Many forced to leave by Israel’s military assault on Gaza City arrive in need of urgent medical care that cannot be provided.
    Dr Khalil Digran, with Al-Aqsa Hospital, says Israeli forces deliberately attacked al-Rantisi Paediatric Hospital – the only specialised medical facility for children.
    “Gaza City and the north are left with just two health facilities that are barely functioning: al-Shifa and al-Ahli Hospital,” Digran told Al Jazeera.
    “As for the remaining health facilities in central and southern Gaza, Israeli actions are already adding more pressure on these facilities and threatening to bring their service to a total halt.”

‘Find us a solution’, say Palestinians after Israel hits Gaza refugee camp

    Five members of the Bakr family were killed in an overnight Israeli strike on Shati refugee camp in Gaza City, where Israeli forces have stepped up a ground and air assault.
    “What is happening are massacres, massacres that are condemned internationally,” Umm Khaleel, who survived the attack when the family home was hit, told the AFP news agency.
    Footage shared by the agency showed women crying out in grief, one clutching the small body of her child tightly to her chest.
    “We cannot sleep because of the bombing and shelling on al-Shati … the children were sleeping when suddenly a missile landed on us,” said Salwa Subhi Bakr.
    “Five people from the Bakr family were killed, the entire family. What does the world want from us? What does Netanyahu want? What does Hamas want?”
    The bodies, wrapped in white shrouds, some stained with blood, were then taken for burial.
    “They tell us go there, then come back here. Where do we get the money for trucks?” she said. “People are in the streets, in the south, scattered everywhere. Where should we go? Find us a solution.”

Israeli drone kills 8 people in Gaza City

    At least eight people have been killed in an Israeli drone attack on the Daraj neighbourhood in Gaza City.
    A medical source said two children were among the casualties.