(1 Sep 2025)
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Southern Israel looking into Gaza Strip – 1 September 2025
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1. Flares lighting the sky
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Flares were seen on the Gaza skyline Monday night as Israel began the initial stages of its new offensive and declared Gaza City a combat zone.
It came as Israel launched strikes across the Gaza Strip earlier on Monday, killing at least 31 people as it presses ahead with a major offensive in the territory’s largest city, according to health officials.
Leading genocide scholars, meanwhile, accused Israel of genocide, allegations the government vehemently rejects.
Airstrikes and artillery shelling have echoed through Gaza City since Israel declared it a combat zone last week. On the city’s outskirts and in the Jabaliya refugee camp, residents have observed explosive-laden robots demolishing buildings.
Hospitals in Gaza said at least 31 people were killed by Israeli fire on Monday, more than half of them women and children. At least 13 people were killed in Gaza City, where Israel has carried out several previous large-scale raids since Hamas-led militants attacked southern Israel to ignite the war on Oct. 7, 2023.
Israel says it only targets militants and blames Hamas for civilian casualties because the militant group — now largely reduced to a guerrilla organization — operates in densely-populated areas.
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