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Live blog: Israeli strikes across Gaza kill at least 40 Palestinians
Israel’s war on Gaza, now in its 326th day, has killed at least 40,435 Palestinians — mostly women and children — and wounded over 93,534 others, a conservative estimate, with 10,000+ believed to be buried under debris of bombed homes.

Palestinians mourn over the lifeless bodies of those who were killed in an Israeli attack on Al-Mawasi district on August 26, 2024. / Photo: AA
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Palestinians mourn over the lifeless bodies of those who were killed in an Israeli attack on Al-Mawasi district on August 26, 2024. / Photo: AA

Tuesday, August 27, 2024

0152 GMT — At least 40 Palestinians have been killed, including five children, and many others injured in a series of Israeli strikes across Gaza since Monday morning.

According to the daily statistical statement from Palestinian Civil Defence spokesman Mahmoud Bassal, 36 Palestinians were initially reported killed in various air strikes.

Subsequently, a statement announced the deaths of four children in an attack on a family’s home in the Al-Daraj neighbourhood, bringing the death toll to 40.

The ongoing Israeli onslaught has resulted in over 40,400 Palestinian deaths, mostly women and children, and over 93,500 injuries, according to local health authorities.

An ongoing blockade of Gaza has led to severe shortages of food, clean water and medicine, leaving much of the region in ruins.

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0235 GMT — Heads of Jerusalem churches express grave concern over Israel’s war on Gaza

The heads of churches in Jerusalem expressed deep concern over Israel’s ongoing war on Gaza, calling on the parties to quickly reach an agreement for a ceasefire.

In a statement, the Patriarchs and Heads of Churches in Jerusalem said that despite repeated calls for a ceasefire and de-escalation, “the situation in our beloved Holy Land (Palestine) has only continued to deteriorate”.

“Millions of refugees remain displaced, their homes inaccessible, destroyed, or beyond repair. Hundreds of innocents are weekly killed or severely wounded by indiscriminate attacks. Countless others continue to endure hunger, thirst and infectious disease,” they said.

2155 GMT — Türkiye calls Israeli attack on TRT journalists ‘attempt to conceal the truth’

The Turkish Foreign Ministry has said that an Israeli attack on journalists from Turkish public broadcaster TRT is an “an effort by bloodstained Israel to conceal the truth”.

“We stand in solidarity with all journalists who are tirelessly working to expose Israel’s oppression to the world,” the ministry wrote in a statement on X.

“We extend our wishes for a swift recovery to the injured TRT personnel and express our support to the entire TRT family,” it added.

A cameraman for TRT Arabi, the Arabic television channel of TRT, was wounded on Monday in Israeli shelling in southern Gaza.

Mohammad al-Zeineen sustained an eye wound from a piece of shrapnel after the Israeli army targeted a car beside a tent for journalists near Nasser Hospital in the city of Khan Younis.

Israel has killed at least 171 journalists in besieged Gaza since October last year.

2128 GMT — Illegal settlers kill Palestinian in occupied West Bank

Illegal Israeli settlers have shot dead one Palestinian and wounded three others in occupied West Bank, Palestinian Health Ministry said — part of more than 1,270 Zionist terror attacks targeting Palestinians since October last year.

At least 680 Palestinians have since been killed and nearly 6,000 others wounded by Israeli army and the illegal settlers in the occupied territory.

The United States and a number of European countries have imposed sanctions on violent illegal settlers and called repeatedly on Israel to do more to curb the attacks. But it has not deterred Israeli settlers or their protectors — the Israeli regime — from targeting Palestinians.

The current Israeli regime is dominated by settler bosses and their far-right allies, who have practically turned civilian Zionists into an armed militia in West Bank as well as in occupied East Jerusalem.

2108 GMT — Hamas slams Israel’s killing of 5 Palestinians in West Bank

Hamas has said the Israeli assassination operation that targeted a house in Nur Sham camp in Tulkarem in occupied West Bank is a confirmation of the continuation of its crimes and massacres.

The resistance group said it mourns for the five Palestinians killed in the camp and vowed their blood won’t go in vain. The group praised their martyrdom.

“Five citizens were killed, and others were injured” in Israeli bombardment, WAFA said earlier.

2020 GMT — Israeli army and Zionist settlers unleash terror upon Palestine

Israel has killed at least six Palestinians in besieged enclave’s Gaza City after striking a residential apartment.

Israel targeted the Maghazi camp, killing three Palestinians, including a child, and wounding others, Palestinian official WAFA news agency said.

It also reported that civil defence teams recovered three bodies and several wounded after Israel struck a residential apartment belonging to the Na’san family on Yermouk Street in Gaza City.

For our live updates from Monday, August 26, 2024, click here.

SOURCE: TRTWORLD AND AGENCIES