<article data-history-node-id="431523" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-demolishes-more-rafah-buildings-despite-gaza-truce" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-demolishes-more-rafah-buildings-despite-gaza-truce" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israel demolishes more Rafah buildings despite Gaza truce</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p data-end="413" data-start="234">Israeli forces have continued to detonate buildings in Rafah, even as the truce with Hamas remains in place, with fresh blasts reported across the southern edge of the Gaza Strip.</p> <p data-end="709" data-start="415">The latest demolitions form part of what appears to be a steady Israeli push to level what is left of Gaza’s already shattered infrastructure. Using recent satellite imagery, multiple news outlets say the army has flattened at least 1,500 structures since the ceasefire took hold on 10 October.</p> <p data-end="998" data-start="711">The UN warned in July that nearly seven in ten buildings across Gaza had been damaged or wiped out, including more than 245,000 homes. With over 100 lorries hauling debris every day, UN engineers say the territory faces a rubble-clearing effort that could drag on for more than 15 years.</p> </div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="427417" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/palestinian-basketball-star-killed-israel-while-trying-obtain-food-ghf" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/palestinian-basketball-star-killed-israel-while-trying-obtain-food-ghf" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Palestinian basketball star killed by Israel while trying to obtain food from GHF aid site </span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>A Palestinian national basketball team player was killed by Israel while seeking food for his family in Khan Younis, Arabic media reported on Tuesday.&nbsp;</p> <p>Mohammed Shaalan, a famous Palestinian player who earned the nickname “The Earthquake,” was targeted by Israeli gunfire while trying to obtain food for his children at an American and Israeli food distribution site.&nbsp;</p> <p>Shaalan was desperate to bring food back to his daughter who suffers from Kidney failure, Arabic media reports said.&nbsp;</p> <p>Palestinians have been attacked by US mercenaries and Israeli soldiers while trying to take meager food supplies from sites run by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF).&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </article>

Pope Francis telephoned a church in Gaza nearly every night since October 2023. But the New York Times didn’t include that fact in its obituary.

Workers on a mission to help colleagues were buried in mass grave in southern Gaza, says humanitarian office