{"id":52663,"date":"2025-09-20T19:04:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-20T23:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/israeli-bombing-kills-over-90-palestinians-as-gaza-city-faces-destruction\/20\/09\/2025\/"},"modified":"2025-09-20T19:04:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T23:04:12","slug":"israeli-bombing-kills-over-90-palestinians-as-gaza-city-faces-destruction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/israeli-bombing-kills-over-90-palestinians-as-gaza-city-faces-destruction\/20\/09\/2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli bombing kills over 90 Palestinians as Gaza City faces destruction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">At least 91 Palestinians have been killed across the Gaza Strip since dawn, where Israeli forces continue to heavily bomb Gaza City, the main urban centre in the besieged enclave.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Medical sources across Gaza hospitals told Al Jazeera on Saturday that at least 76 Palestinians were killed in Gaza City alone, where the Israeli army has been trying to forcibly expel the entire population in recent weeks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In the area\u2019s Tuffah neighbourhood, at least six people were killed in an Israeli drone attack. In western Gaza City\u2019s Shati camp, at least five people, including two girls, were killed in an Israeli assault, an ambulance source told our Al Jazeera colleagues on the ground.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Israeli military estimates it has demolished up to 20 tower blocks over the past two weeks in the area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to the Gaza Civil Defence, some 450,000 \u2013 or about half the urban centre\u2019s population \u2013 have fled Gaza City since Israel in August announced its decision to capture and occupy it.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Displaced Palestinians, fleeing northern Gaza, move southwards after Israeli forces ordered residents of Gaza City to evacuate to the south [Dawoud Abu Alkas\/Reuters]<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Al Jazeera\u2019s Hind Khoudary, reporting from central Gaza, said Israeli forces were attacking people as they fled following Israel\u2019s forced expulsion orders.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThe army is using quadcopters to kill people trying to escape their neighbourhoods and using these robots with residents saying every time they explode it feels like an earthquake,\u201d she reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Meanwhile, Gaza\u2019s ruling entity Hamas released on Saturday what it called <span>a \u201cfarewell picture\u201d<\/span>\u00a0of 48 Israeli captives held in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Hamas has persistently warned that intensifying Israeli attacks and a ground invasion would endanger the lives of the captives; some have already been <span>killed by Israeli bombs<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The armed Palestinian group also claims that captives are \u201cscattered throughout the neighbourhoods\u201d of besieged Gaza City.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\">Situation in al-Mawasi \u2018heartbreaking\u2019<\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">While the Israeli army has intensified its deadly bombing and destruction of Gaza City, it said it is also continuing military operations in the south.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">At least three of the dead were aid seekers killed by Israeli forces at a distribution centre near Rafah in southern Gaza.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Al Jazeera\u2019s Khoudary said the al-Mawasi area in southern Gaza, touted by the Israeli army as a so-called \u201csafe zone\u201d and where Palestinians in the north were told to flee from, was \u201covercrowded\u201d, leaving many with few alternatives.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWe\u2019re seeing some tents on the sides of the streets. People have literally pitched their tents in places where there\u2019s no water, electricity or infrastructure,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThat\u2019s because Palestinians do not have any other option.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Michail Fotiadis from medical charity Doctors Without Borders, known by its French initials MSF, says the situation in al-Mawasi is \u201cheartbreaking\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cEverybody is looking for a place to pitch a tent, but the materials are not available. The situation is really dire for the population. Access to water is very difficult,\u201d Fotiadis told Al Jazeera from al-Mawasi, described by Israel <span>as a \u201chumanitarian zone\u201d<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He said more Palestinians continue to arrive from northern Gaza with nothing after escaping Israel\u2019s military onslaught.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cUsually, in a situation like this, survival prevails. But Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have had to endure so many different displacements, so many situations of fear. They are beyond desperation.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/israeli-bombing-kills-over-90-205311005.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least 91 Palestinians have been killed across the Gaza Strip since dawn, where Israeli forces continue to heavily bomb Gaza City,<br \/><button class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/israeli-bombing-kills-over-90-palestinians-as-gaza-city-faces-destruction\/20\/09\/2025\/\">Read More &rsaquo;<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":52664,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/BNgURlnSZBGIBZkWCTCxog--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyMDA7aD04MDA7Y2Y9d2VicA--\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/al_jazeera_289\/448f780b9cedb57ed4256b8097eb4c17","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52663"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52663"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52663\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}