Israeli Military Operations Intensify in Gaza, Residential Areas Destroyed

Israeli military operations intensified on Tuesday across Khan Younis, Rafah, and Gaza City, involving artillery fire, the destruction of homes and civilian infrastructure, and the targeting of residential neighbourhoods, forcing dozens of families to flee.

WAFA correspondents reported that Israeli occupation forces launched four large-scale demolition operations targeting homes and civilian infrastructure in the eastern and northeastern areas of Khan Younis on Tuesday morning. Artillery shelling also struck areas northwest of Rafah, while Israeli military vehicles opened fire on eastern districts of Khan Younis.

In Gaza City, Israeli forces detonated a booby-trapped robot laden with a large quantity of explosives, targeting homes in the Tuffah neighbourhood northeast of the city. The incident coincided with intense fire from military vehicles and sporadic explosions in the Shuja’iyya and Tuffah neighbourhoods. The gunfire extended to the eastern areas of Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip, also targeting the Atatra area northwest of Gaza City.

Medical sources reported that eight Palestinians, including two children, were killed and several others injured on Monday. According to health sources, the total death toll since the ceasefire violation in October 2025 has risen to 1,045, with 3,380 others wounded. The sources added that the overall number of casualties from Israeli aggression in the Gaza Strip since 7 October 2023 has reached 73,058 killed and 173,488 injured.