Israeli forces bombarded Gaza City’s suburbs overnight with air and ground strikes that destroyed homes and forced families to flee, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s security cabinet prepared Sunday to discuss a plan to occupy the city.
Local health authorities said Israeli gunfire and strikes killed at least 30 people Sunday, including 13 who tried to get food from near an aid site in the central Gaza Strip, and at least two in a house in Gaza City.
The Israeli military spokesperson's office said they were reviewing the reports.
Residents of Sheikh Radwan, one of the largest neighborhoods of Gaza City, said the territory had been under Israeli tank shelling and airstrikes throughout Saturday and Sunday, forcing families to seek shelter in the western parts of the city.
The Israeli military has gradually escalated its operations around Gaza City over the past three weeks, and Friday it ended temporary pauses in the area that had allowed for aid deliveries, designating it a "dangerous combat zone."
