The Israeli occupation persists in its aggression against the Gaza Strip for the 220th consecutive day, committing massacres against civilians. This coincides with an escalation of its operations in Rafah, located in the southern part of the Strip.

In a related development, Israeli airstrikes killed four Palestinians, including a child, in the Brazil neighborhood located southeast of Rafah city.

A Palestinian was martyred, and ten others sustained injuries when Israeli warplanes bombarded a home in al-Shujaiya neighborhood, east of Gaza City. The injured were rushed to al-Maqasid Hospital, with casualties also being reported due to Israeli shelling in al-Zaytoun neighborhoods.

The aggression extended to the northern sector, where casualties and injuries were reported from Israeli attacks on Nahda Street and al-Quds Street in Jabalia.

Furthermore, Israeli Quadcopters were reported to have fired in the Qalibo and Sheikh Zayed areas, while warplanes targeted a house belonging to the Mansour family in Jabalia.

Hundreds of civilians are fleeing under the gunfire as the Israeli occupation army is strenuously trying to invade Jabalia refugee camp, faced by fierce Palestinian resistance. pic.twitter.com/qCd86RzAcD

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Furthermore, a series of airstrikes targeted three houses in the center of Jabalia Camp, adding to the unbearable civilian toll. Israeli artillery shelling also hit various areas in the camp, with warplanes striking densely populated residential areas in Block 2 and Block 4.

In the same context, Israeli occupation forces continued their attempts to advance into the camp's center, intensively targeting shelters and compelling hundreds of people who had already been forcibly displaced to leave the area. It is also worth noting that ambulances attempting to reach the wounded inside Jabalia were also targeted by the IOF.

UNRWA denounces 'Israel's safe zones' as false

The Chief of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) Philippe Lazzarini dismissed "Israel's" assertion regarding the establishment of purported "safe zones" for forcibly displaced Palestinians as "false and misleading" via a post on X on Sunday.

"The claim of ‘safe zones’ is false and misleading." the UNRWA chief stressed.

He added that Israeli authorities persist in issuing mandatory displacement directives, also referred to as 'evacuation orders', compelling residents in Rafah to evacuate hastily without designated destinations.

"Since the war began, most people in Gaza have moved multiple times: on average once a month. They desperately sought safety that they never found," he further stated.

Lazzarini also highlighted that the Palestinians displaced from Gaza have no alternative but to seek refuge in UNRWA's shelters, many of which have already been targeted and damaged by Israeli military actions.
 
"No place is safe in Gaza. Period," he concluded.