IOF tank shelling, artillery attacks target multiple areas in Gaza
Israeli tank fire, artillery, and drone attacks hit Rafah, Gaza City, and Jabalia as Gaza's Government Media Office reports over 4,091 ceasefire violations in 300 days.
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A Palestinian woman walks along tents at a makeshift camp for displaced people in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Israeli occupation forces continued their assault on Gaza on Friday, with tank shelling, artillery strikes, and drone fire reported in several areas, Al Mayadeen's correspondent reported.
Israeli tanks heavily shelled areas north of Rafah in southern Gaza, while artillery hit northeastern Gaza City. Israeli warships also fired on the Gaza City coastline.
Earlier on Thursday, two people were wounded when Israeli forces opened fire inside the Halawa displacement camp in Jabalia, northern Gaza. An Israeli quadcopter drone near al-Mahatta Mosque in the al-Tuffah neighborhood, northeast of Gaza City, wounded a child. Israeli artillery also struck the Jabalia refugee camp earlier on Thursday.
In Khan Younis, southern Gaza, a Palestinian was martyred after succumbing to wounds sustained in an earlier Israeli attack on the al-Buraq area, west of the city.
Over 4,000 ceasefire violations in 300 Days
Gaza's Government Media Office revealed on Thursday that "Israel" has committed more than 4,091 ceasefire violations over the past 300 days, killing over 1,254 Palestinians, wounding 4,121 others, and detaining 159 people.
The office said the Israeli regime has continued blocking food and humanitarian aid from entering Gaza throughout this period, while tightly restricting Palestinian movement in and out of the Strip.
At least 300 children killed since ceasefire
At least 300 children have been killed in the Gaza Strip during the 300 days since a ceasefire was announced last October, UNICEF said on Thursday, warning that continued Israeli aggression and dire humanitarian conditions are placing children at severe risk.
"A ceasefire that leaves an average of one child dead each and every day is failing children," said UNICEF Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa, Edouard Beigbeder. "With hundreds more children injured, many severely, children in Gaza are still waiting for the end to the violence they were promised".
UNICEF said many families have been forced into roughly one-third of Gaza, where they are living amid unsafe conditions, destroyed buildings, rubble, and accumulated waste.
The agency said children continue to endure a deteriorating humanitarian crisis marked by acute malnutrition, disease outbreaks, restricted access to clean water, and damaged sanitation systems.
Trump's BoP to construct first military outpost in Gaza
The first construction project linked to US President Donald Trump’s "Board of Peace" for Gaza reconstruction is reportedly set to be a military outpost designed to house international stabilization forces, rather than a civilian rebuilding project, The Guardian reported.
The contract, which has not yet been finalized, was reportedly awarded to Arkel International. This Louisiana-based company has previously conducted projects for the US government in countries including Iraq.
The planned facility would accommodate around 150 Moroccan troops as part of a proposed International Stabilization Force (ISF) intended to support security arrangements under the Gaza roadmap.
The creation of an International Stabilization Force was authorized under a UN resolution linked to the "Board of Peace" framework, although the legal structure governing the force and the deployment timeline remain unresolved.