ELBAHRAIN.NET Israeli drone killing in Gaza – Israel’s military bombed two schools sheltering di splaced Palestinians in Gaza, killing at least seven people,
amid Israeli media reports that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is examining plans to use siege tactics against Hamas
in northern Gaza.
Global concerns over a full-scale war in the Middle East grow as Hezbollah declares a “battle of reckoning”
with Israel and the Israeli military promises to step up attacks on the Lebanese armed group.Our colleagues
at Al Jazeera Arabic are reporting that an Israeli attack on a house near Al Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in central
Gaza has killed a mother and four of her children, aged between four and eight years old.
Israeli drone killing in Gaza
The mother was identified as 29-year-old Israa Abu Samak.
The slain children were Abdullah Mohammed Abu Samak, aged eight; Ahmed, aged seven; Zeina, aged five; and
Mazen, aged four.
The Wafa news agency is reporting that several others were also wounded in the attack.
Amichai Chikli, the Israeli Minister for Diaspora Affairs, has shared a plan to create a “buffer zone,
free of enemy population” in southern Lebanon, including a map showing several southern Lebanese towns.
Chikli outlined his plan in a lengthy post on his personal account on X,
describing it as the “most just thing to do” including from a “moral point of view”.
Chikli, a member of Netanyahu’s Likud party, also claimed Israel would be justified in
“taking over” the areas because Lebanon had “failed to exercise its sovereignty” in southern Lebanon.
The southern Lebanese towns and villages that appeared to be included within the area outlined
by Chikli on the map included: Kfarchouba, Khiam, Marjayoun, Taybeh and Wazzani.
Last week, the Israeli military claimed that leaflets dropped on Wazzani urging residents to leave were unsanctioned.
Al Jazeera obtains video of Israeli drone killing in Gaza
Dozens of families were seen leaving the border village of Wazzani in southern Lebanon, after the Israeli
army dropped leaflets ordering the evacuation of the village, on Sunday [Ramiz Dallah/Anadolu]
As we’ve been reporting, Israeli forces bombed two schools-turned-shelters in Gaza on Sunday, killing at least 10 Palestinians. The attack wasn’t the first on shelters for di splaced Palestinians.
According to Gaza’s Media Office, Israel has bombed 181 di splacement and shelter centres to date.
Here are some of the most recent attacks:On Saturday, Israeli forces bombed a school in Gaza City’s
Zeitoun neighbourhood, killing at least 22 Palestinians.
On September 11, an Israeli attack on the UN-run al-Jaouni School in central Gaza killed 18 people,
including six UNRWA workers, prompting an international outcry.
On August 10, more than 100 people were killed and 150 others wounded after Israeli forces bombed al-Tabin school,
east of Gaza City.
On August 4, at least 30 people were killed in Israeli air raids on the Nassr and
Hassan Salama schools, west of Gaza City,
while on August 8, at least 17 were killed in attacks on Abdul Fattah
Hamouda and az-Zahra schools, which are also located in Gaza City.
On August 1, at least 15 people were killed in an Israeli attack on the Dalal
al-Mughrabi school in Gaza City, while on August 3,
another 16 were killed in the bombing of the Hamama school, also in Gaza City.
