Israeli bombing kills over 90 Palestinians as Gaza City faces destruction

Since dawn, Israeli forces have bombed Gaza City, the main urban center in the besieged enclave, to make way for at least 91 Palestinians.

At least 76 Palestinians were killed in Gaza City alone, according to medical sources in Gaza hospitals, according to Al Jazeera on Saturday. The Israeli army has been attempting to forcibly expel the entire population in recent weeks.

At least six people were killed in an Israeli drone attack in the Tuffah neighborhood. At least five people were killed in an Israeli assault in the Shati camp in western Gaza City, according to an ambulance source who was on the ground with our Al Jazeera colleagues.

In the area, according to the Israeli military, up to 20 tower blocks have been destroyed in the last two weeks.

Since Israel’s announcement to occupy and capture Gaza City in August, roughly 450, 000 people have fled the city center, according to the Gaza Civil Defense.

According to Al Jazeera’s reporter from central Gaza, Israeli forces were reportedly attacking people as they fled following Israel’s forced expulsion orders.

Residents claim that the army uses quadcopters to kill residents who try to escape their neighborhoods, and that they also use these robots because they reportedly feel earthquakes whenever they explode.

Meanwhile, 48 Israeli prisoners held in Gaza were released on Saturday, according to Hamas, the country’s ruling group.

Hamas has repeatedly warned that an increase in Israeli airstrikes and ground invasions would seriously harm the captives, and some have already been killed by Israeli bombs.

Additionally, the armed Palestinian organization claims that prisoners are “scattered throughout Gaza City’s neighbourhoods.”

“Heartbreaking” situation in al-Mawasi

The Israeli army said it is continuing its military operations in the south despite the Israeli army’s continued deadly bombing and destruction of Gaza City.

At least three of the victims were aid workers who had been abducted by Israeli forces at a distribution center in southern Gaza near Rafah.

The al-Mawasi region in southern Gaza, which the Israeli army called a “safe zone” and where Palestinians in the north were told to flee, was “overcrowded,” according to Al Jazeera’s Khoudary, leaving many people with few options.

“Some tents are visible on the side of the street,” the resident said. She said that people have literally pitched their tents where there isn’t water, electricity, or infrastructure.

“Palestinians have no other choice,” the statement states.

The situation in al-Mawasi is described as “heartbreaking,” according to Michail Fotiadis of the medical charity Doctors Without Borders, which is known by its French name MSF.

“Everyone is looking for a tent pitching location, but there are no available materials. The population is in absolute disarray right now. From al-Mawasi, which Israel refers to as a “humanitarian zone,” Fotiadis told Al Jazeera from the al-Mawasi region.

He claimed that as more Palestinians leave Gaza’s northern neighborhoods without anything after escaping Israel’s military siege.