05.08.2025 - 11:19 [ Tareq Abu Azzoum Tareq Abu Azzoum Reporting from Deir el-Balah, central Gaza Strip / Al Jazeera ]

Gaza in grip of unprecedented military escalation

In the southern part of the Strip, we can see that the Israeli ground operations are concentrated around the eastern and central parts of the city of Khan Younis. Palestinian armed factions and Israeli ground forces are trading fire there.

Israel’s ground campaign is accompanied by very heavy fire from its air force and also from Israeli artillery units that continue to pound the al-Mawasi area, where families were told to go to in order to get away from Israel’s bombardment.