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In a devastating attack, Israel has destroyed the tallest residential building in Gaza, the Al-Ghafri high-rise, marking a massive wave of strikes on Gaza City on Monday evening. This has resulted in hundreds of thousands of residents fleeing the city.
Francesca Albanese, the United Nations special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territory, has accused Israel of using unconventional weapons to forcefully evict Palestinians from Gaza City, its largest urban center.
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According to Israeli media source Channel 12, exceptionally intense air strikes have been concentrated in the city's north and west. The Palestinian Civil Defense has reported that at least 50 multistory buildings have been leveled in recent weeks as Israeli forces intensify attacks to seize the city.
Neighborhoods have been reduced to rubble. In Zeitoun, over 1,500 homes and buildings have been destroyed since early August, leaving entire blocks with nothing left standing.
For the third consecutive day, Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs Israel Katz has posted videos of the attacks. He claimed that the residential tower was being used by Hamas without providing any evidence.
Israel has repeatedly targeted residential areas, schools, and hospitals during its 23 months of genocidal war.
The Gaza Ministry of Health reported that 51 Palestinians, including six-year-old twins, were killed in Gaza City in the past 24 hours.
Three journalists were also killed in separate Israeli strikes, bringing the total number of journalists and media workers killed in Israel's war on Gaza to nearly 280. Media watchdogs say this war is the deadliest conflict for journalists.
Since October 2023, Israel has killed at least 64,905 Palestinians and injured 164,926, with thousands more still buried under rubble.
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In August, Israel's security cabinet approved a plan to seize Gaza City, resulting in continuous bombardment and forcing residents to flee south towards al-Mawasi.
Many Palestinians believe they will never be allowed to return and fear the journey itself.
"For more than three days, they have been hitting every school and emptying Shati camp [near north Gaza’s coast], striking every area. You cannot even move," one resident told Al Jazeera.
<p>"That is why I decided to leave with my family – my daughters and my wife – and head
