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Sunday, October 5, 2025
Gazans report several killed in ‘intensified’ Israeli attacks
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Gaza’s Hamas-controlled civil defense agency says Israeli strikes have killed at least five people in the Strip so far today, with some Gazans claiming that IDF attacks have intensified rather than slackened as promised. Medics and health authorities report four dead. Neither figure, which does not specify if the casualties are civilians or combatants, can be confirmed.
The civil defense agency rescue force says there were several attacks through the night. It claims that nearly 60 people were killed in Israeli strikes yesterday, including 40 in Gaza City alone.
Witnesses say Israeli planes have ramped up attacks against targets across the city today, after a tense night in which drones allegedly dropped grenades on the rooftops of residential buildings and troops blew up explosive-laden vehicles, demolishing dozens of houses in two Gaza City neighborhoods, Sabra and Sheikh Radwan.
“Israel has actually escalated its attacks” since US President Donald Trump’s call for a pause, says Mahmud al-Ghazi, 39, a resident of the al-Rimal neighborhood in Gaza City.
“Who will stop Israel now? We need the negotiations to move faster to stop this genocide and the ongoing bloodshed,” he adds.
The military says it is still operating in Gaza City, warning residents not to return there, which would be “extremely dangerous.”
“The explosions don’t stop, the drones drop bombs everywhere, as if nothing has happened. Where is the truce Trump told us about?” asks Rami Mohammad-Ali, 37, from Gaza City.
Amjad Al-Shawa, head of the Palestinian NGOs Network, which liaises with the United Nations and international humanitarian organizations, says Gaza City has begun experiencing acute shortages of food and fuel, days after Israel blocked the route from the south to the north.
“We are speaking about tens of thousands of children who suffer malnutrition, elderly who need extra care, those are in danger now because of the Israeli occupation blockade of Gaza City and the escalation of the attacks,” Shawa tells Reuters.
The Times of Israel Community.