Printed On 2 Sep 2025
The Israeli army onslaught on Gaza Metropolis continues nonstop, ensuing within the killing of greater than 50 Palestinians, together with assist seekers, because it seeks to grab management of the enclave’s greatest city centre – residence to some 1 million individuals.
Not less than 105 Palestinians have been killed throughout Gaza on Tuesday as Israeli strikes levelled densely populated areas, significantly al-Sabra neighbourhood, which has been underneath assault for days. Not less than 32 of these have been killed whereas in search of assist.
The assaults are intensified as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu mentioned Israel is going through a “decisive stage” of the warfare because it prepares to grab Gaza Metropolis regardless of world condemnation.
“Palestinians are in a cage in Gaza Metropolis proper now, attempting to outlive as many air strikes as potential. Wherever they go, the air strikes comply with them,” mentioned Al Jazeera’s Hind Khoudary.
“They’re additionally dying from the meals and assist blockade as they aren’t capable of get the essential technique of sustenance,” she mentioned, reporting from Deir el-Balah in central Gaza.
Palestinians are struggling to outlive the twin threats of focused assaults and hunger, with not less than 13 individuals dying of hunger prior to now 24 hours, bringing the entire hunger-related dying toll because the warfare started to 361. Eighty-three of these deaths have been recorded since a world starvation monitor confirmed famine situations in Gaza on August 22.
Amongst these killed on Tuesday have been not less than 21 individuals, together with seven youngsters, who have been struck by an Israeli drone whereas queuing for water within the al-Mawasi space close to Khan Younis in southern Gaza.
Pictures posted on-line by Palestinian Civil Defence spokesperson Mahmoud Basal confirmed youngsters’s our bodies and water containers stained with blood on the assault website, which Israel had beforehand declared a so-called “secure zone”.
“They have been standing in line to refill water … when the occupation forces straight focused them, turning their seek for life into a brand new bloodbath,” Basal mentioned on Tuesday.
In Gaza Metropolis, an Israeli strike on the al-Af household residence killed 10 individuals, principally ladies and youngsters, Gaza officers mentioned.
“These crimes expose the legal fascist nature of the enemy,” Gaza’s Authorities Media Workplace mentioned in an announcement, accusing Washington of complicity. It known as Israel’s actions “warfare crimes underneath worldwide legislation” and urged the UN Safety Council to halt the “brutal genocide”.
Two extra journalists, Rasmi Salem of al-Manara and Eman al-Zamli, have been killed within the newest assaults, bringing the entire variety of journalists killed since October 7, 2023, to greater than 270. The warfare in Gaza has develop into the deadliest battle for media employees ever recorded, press watchdogs say.
Israel begins floor assault in Gaza Metropolis
On Tuesday, 1000’s of Israeli reservists reported for obligation as efforts to finish the warfare gave the impression to be stalling.
Qatar’s Overseas Ministry spokesperson Majed al-Ansari mentioned Hamas had accepted a ceasefire proposal, however Israel had but to reply.
“There was no Israeli response but,” he mentioned, including that negotiations with mediators and the USA had stalled. He warned that Israel’s plan to occupy Gaza “poses a menace to everybody”, together with Israeli captives.
However Israel has tightened its siege of Gaza Metropolis in latest days, barring even restricted humanitarian assist deliveries.
Israeli Military Chief of Employees Eyal Zamir confirmed floor operations have been intensifying. “We’re going to deepen our operation,” he informed reservists as tens of 1000’s of troops have been known as up. Israeli media reported that 365 troopers have refused to report for obligation.
Prime Minister Netanyahu, needed by the Worldwide Prison Courtroom for warfare crimes and crimes in opposition to humanity, mentioned in a video assertion on Tuesday that “we’re working to defeat Hamas.”
Yemen’s Houthi motion mentioned its forces launched 4 drones focusing on Israel’s Normal Employees headquarters close to Tel Aviv, Ben Gurion Airport, an influence station, and the port of Ashdod, days after Israel killed Yemeni Prime Minister Ahmed al-Rahawi together with high officers in Sanaa.
The group claimed its drones “efficiently hit their targets.” It additionally mentioned a missile and drone assault struck a cargo vessel within the Purple Sea for violating a ban on getting into Israeli ports.
![Palestinians displaced by the Israeli military offensive take shelter in a tent camp, as Israeli forces escalate operations around Gaza City, in Gaza City, September 2, 2025. [Dawoud Abu Alkas/Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/2025-09-02T065323Z_1553299967_RC2HJGAX8JGB_RTRMADP_3_ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS-GAZA-1756817062.jpg?w=770&resize=770%2C490&quality=80)
Worldwide ‘indifference’ to Palestine
In the meantime, the Palestinian Overseas Ministry welcomed Belgium’s choice to recognise the State of Palestine on Tuesday and urged different nations to comply with swimsuit, saying it was “in step with worldwide legislation and UN resolutions” and essential to halt “genocide, displacement, hunger, and annexation”.
In a separate assertion, the ministry accused the worldwide neighborhood of “alarming” indifference to Gaza’s financial collapse and Israel’s seizure of Palestinian tax revenues. It known as for pressing monetary help to “improve the resilience of residents and their steadfastness on their homeland’s soil”.
![Mourners stand next to the bodies of Palestinians killed in overnight Israeli strikes, according to medics, during the funeral at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, September 2, 2025. [Dawoud Abu Alkas/Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/2025-09-02T083339Z_868352862_RC2HJGAUE9BT_RTRMADP_3_ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS-GAZA-1756805226.jpg?quality=80)