On the 714th day of the war of extermination on the Gaza Strip, the Israeli occupation army continued its air and artillery bombardment of Gaza City neighborhoods over the past few hours.
In response, the Al-Qassam Brigades (the military wing of Hamas) warned the occupation authorities that its prisoners are scattered throughout Gaza’s neighborhoods and that they will not spare their lives as long as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu decides to kill them and continue the occupation of the city.
The human cost of the latest Israeli aggression is severe. Palestinian health officials reported 45 Palestinians martyred since dawn Thursday, with 37 of those deaths occurring in Gaza City as homes were targeted.
Israeli aircrafts launched Massive airstrikes on western Gaza City moments ago. pic.twitter.com/GsGAzX8N19
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) September 18, 2025
Specific Incidents Highlight the ongoing Aggression:
- A strike on a civilian gathering in Deir al-Balah (central Gaza) killed one and wounded others.
- Another airstrike on civilians in the Nuseirat refugee camp also left one dead and several injured.
- In the south, Nasser Hospital reported the deaths of two children in an airstrike on a tent for displaced persons west of Khan Yunis.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health announced the number of deaths from malnutrition has now risen to 435, including 147 children. This comes after four new famine-related deaths were recorded in just the past 24 hours.
The Ministry also described a health system in utter collapse, with a “large number of sick and wounded crowded into hospital corridors” without access to beds or adequate treatment.
Massive destruction following an Israeli airstrike yesterday which targeted a building in the town of Chehabiya, southern Lebanon. pic.twitter.com/2Vd53B9K6I
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) September 19, 2025
Systematic Destruction and Forced Displacement
The Israeli occupation forces are employing specialized tactics to destroy infrastructure. An Al Jazeera correspondent reported that forces detonated two armored bulldozers loaded with tons of explosives to level civilian homes south of Gaza City’s Tal al-Hawa neighborhood.
This methodical destruction of residential towers and buildings is part of a weeks-long policy analysts say is aimed at forcibly evacuating the remaining population by making the city uninhabitable.
Since the start of the war of extermination on October 7, 2023, the enemy has completely cut off internet and communications services more than 12 times, as part of a systematic policy aimed at isolating Gaza from the world and disrupting humanitarian response efforts, according to a statement by the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor.
So far, the war of extermination has killed 65,141 Palestinians and injured 165,925 others, most of them children and women. Hundreds of thousands have been displaced, and a famine has claimed the lives of 435 Palestinians, including 147 children.
Source: Agencies (translated and edited by Al-Manar English Website)
