Israel kills over 50 people in Gaza, flattens more towers amid takeover plot
Iran Press TV
Monday, 15 September 2025 8:30 AM
Israeli forces killed 53 Palestinians on Sunday and demolished 16 buildings, among them three residential towers, intensifying their offensive to capture northern Gaza City.
Local medical sources confirmed that a significant portion of the casualties, at least 35 people, were killed in Gaza City.
Two more Palestinians also died of malnutrition in the strip, according to its Ministry of Health, taking the death toll from hunger to 422 since the beginning of Israel's war.
In Gaza City, the Israeli military marked the al-Kawthar tower in the southern Remal neighborhood as a target, before launching missile strikes that destroyed the building two hours later. The relentless bombardment has forced tens of thousands to flee.
The Government Media Office in Gaza condemned Israel's "systematic bombing" of civilian buildings, saying the aim of the offensive was "extermination and forced displacement."
The office stated in a statement that despite Israel's claim that it was focusing on armed factions, "the field realities prove beyond doubt" that its military was instead striking "schools, mosques, hospitals and medical centers," and leveling entire neighborhoods, residential blocks, tents, and offices belonging to various organizations, including international aid groups.
The head of the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, Philippe Lazzarini, said in a post on X that 10 of the agency's buildings have been hit in Gaza City in the past four days alone.
That includes seven schools and two clinics that were sheltering thousands of displaced people. "No place is safe in Gaza. No one is safe," he wrote.
Meanwhile, UNICEF said that conditions in al-Mawasi, an area Israel calls a "safe zone" but has repeatedly struck, were worsening on a daily basis.
"Nowhere in Gaza is safe, including in this so-called humanitarian zone," Tess Ingram, the agency's spokesperson, told Al Jazeera from al-Mawasi.
In August, Israel's war cabinet approved a military blueprint to capture Gaza City and tighten its grip on the blockaded strip.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had earlier announced that the Tel Aviv regime intended to "take control" of the entire Palestinian territory.
The announcements have ignited a firestorm of global outrage and opposition, with world leaders expressing concern and dismay over the potential consequences of such an occupation.
The overall death toll since the start of Israel's genocidal war in October 2023 has now surpassed 64,800.
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