Field Escalation: Homes Demolished in Southern Gaza, and a Killing in the West Bank

The Gaza Strip and the West Bank witnessed a field escalation on Sunday morning, with Israeli forces carrying out bombings, firing, and demolition of Palestinian homes in the southern Gaza Strip, while a Palestinian was killed in the West Bank.

Demolition and Bombing in Southern Gaza Strip

The Palestinian Press Agency (Safa) reported that Israeli forces carried out airstrikes and intense artillery shelling in the southern part of the Strip, particularly concentrating on the vicinity of Khan Yunis.

The agency detailed the military operations:

• Khan Yunis: Israeli aircraft launched airstrikes southeast of the city, coinciding with artillery shelling and gunfire from Israeli vehicles east of the city.

• Rafah: Israeli vehicles fired intensely northeast of Rafah, and the agency noted that the Israeli army carried out a massive demolition operation north of Rafah city, concurrent with artillery shelling west of the city. Reports indicated that the intense fire from Israeli vehicles targeted the tents of displaced persons in the Al-Mawasi area west of Rafah.

Teen Killed in Nablus, West Bank

In a separate development, a tragic incident occurred at the Old Askar refugee camp east of Nablus in the northern West Bank on Sunday dawn, where a Palestinian teenager was killed and another injured during an incursion by Israeli forces.

The Palestinian News and Information Agency (Wafa) quoted Amid Hassan, the Director of Ambulance and Emergency Services at the Red Crescent in Nablus, saying that "two teenagers were injured during confrontations with occupation forces in the camp; one was hit by live fire in the chest and succumbed to his wounds, and the other was shot in the back and transferred to the hospital."

According to the agency, "large forces of the Israeli army stormed Nablus city from several directions, and confrontations erupted in the Old Askar camp, during which Israeli soldiers fired live bullets at citizens." The incursion included the neighborhoods of Ras al-Ain, Al-Basha, and the Old City and its vicinity, with no arrests reported.