Israeli strikes hit tent camp as five killed in Gaza

Israeli attacks have killed at least five Palestinians in Gaza, as the United Nations made an emergency appeal for waterproof tents to shelter hundreds of thousands exposed to flooding due to heavy rains. An Israeli air attack on Wednesday killed 38-year-old Mohammed Salem al-Daash in the al-Sabra neighbourhood, south of Gaza City.

Another Palestinian was shot and killed by Israeli forces east of the al-Bureij camp in central Gaza, and another was killed in an Israeli drone strike in the al-Nasr neighbourhood, northwest of Gaza City. At least two Palestinians were killed and several others wounded in a strike targeting a tent sheltering displaced people in the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood, north of Gaza City.

“In another attack, two brothers from the al-Absi family were killed while they were sheltering inside their tent on al-Jalaa Street,” she said, adding that nowhere in Gaza was safe. The Israeli attacks came as the UN appealed for more tents to be sent to the enclave because at least 70,000 tents were flooded in weekend rains, according to Gaza’s Government Media Office.