Israel has intensified its assault on Gaza City, flattening another residential tower as part of its ongoing offensive aimed at displacing the Palestinians from the city. The attack struck the Tayba II Tower near the densely populated Rimal neighborhood on Wednesday, reducing the high-rise to rubble.
Tayba II Tower is the latest in a string of high-rise buildings deliberately targeted by the regime, many of which had been sheltering displaced families seeking refuge from the relentless bombardment.
The destruction of residential towers has become a defining feature of Israel’s genocidal campaign, leaving thousands homeless and stripping Gaza City of its remaining civilian infrastructure.
Since last month, Israel has subjected the city of around one million residents to an intense bombardment. This escalation of Israeli attacks on Gaza City, dubbed “Gideon’s Chariots 2 operation,” aims to “completely occupy Gaza City.”
Last month, the Israeli war Minister Yisrael Katz claimed that “Gaza after this operation will not be the same as in the past.”
On Sunday, the regime destroyed the five-story al-Ruya Tower in the city. The director of the Palestinian Non-Governmental Organizations Network (PNGO) in the Gaza Strip, Amjad Shawa, who was near the site of the al-Ruya attack, said the situation “is scary,” with panic spreading among the people.
“Today, hundreds of families lost their shelters. Israel is aiming to force Palestinians to the southern areas using these explosions,” he stated. According to the official, the regime’s push to expel the city’s residents comes while “there is no safe place in the south.”
The Sunday attack followed Israeli strikes on the 15-story Soussi Tower on Saturday and the 12-story Mushtaha Tower on Friday.
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who faces an arrest warrant for war crimes and crimes against humanity, conducted during his genocidal war in Gaza, has claimed the attacks were aimed at “eliminating terrorist infrastructure.”
Analysts say the destruction shows a clear intent to make the city uninhabitable, the act described as ethnic cleansing and genocide.
Since the Israeli regime began its genocidal assault on Gaza on October 7, 2023, it has killed 64,656 Palestinians and wounded 163,503, mostly children and women.
[ SOURCE: PRESS TV and NEWS AGENCIES ]
