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Translated by: Flutura Gashi-Mehmeti
- August 31, 2025 12:05
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Israeli forces have attacked Gaza City suburbs overnight from the air and ground, destroying homes and expelling more families from the area, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's security cabinet met on Sunday to discuss a plan to capture the city.
Local health authorities said Israeli gunfire and airstrikes killed at least 18 people on Sunday, including 13 who tried to get food near an aid site in the central Gaza Strip, and at least two in a house in Gaza City.
Residents of Sheikh Radwan, one of Gaza City's largest neighborhoods, said the area had been under Israeli tank shelling and airstrikes throughout Saturday and Sunday, forcing families to seek shelter in western parts of the city.
The Israeli military has gradually escalated its operations around Gaza City over the past three weeks, and on Friday ended temporary pauses in the area that had allowed aid deliveries, designating it a "dangerous combat zone."
An Israeli official has said Netanyahu's security cabinet will meet on Sunday evening to discuss the next stages of the planned offensive to capture Gaza City, which he has described as Hamas's last bastion.
A full-scale offensive is not expected to begin for weeks. Israel says it wants to evacuate the civilian population before moving more ground forces.
About half of the enclave's more than 2 million residents are currently in Gaza City.
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According to local sources, it is estimated that several thousand have fled the city to the central and southern areas of the enclave.
The Israeli military has warned its political leaders that the offensive is endangering hostages still being held by Hamas in Gaza. Protests in Israel demanding an end to the war and the release of the hostages have intensified in recent weeks.
Large crowds demonstrated in Tel Aviv on Saturday evening, and families of the hostages protested outside the homes of ministers on Sunday morning.
