<article data-history-node-id="420758" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-announce-expanding-ground-operation-north-gaza" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-announce-expanding-ground-operation-north-gaza" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israel announces expanding ground operation in north Gaza</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>The Israeli military said its troops began operating in the Shujayea area in the northern Gaza Strip with the aim of “deepening control" and expanding the so-called "security zone", in a statement on X.</p> <p>The Israeli army is allowing civilians “to evacuate the combat zone for their safety, via designated routes,” it added.</p> <p>Israeli attacks on north Gaza, specifically the Shujayea neighbourhood of Gaza City killed&nbsp;at least 37 people yesterday.</p> <figure role="group" class="media-block"> <div class="group-inner"> <div alt="A woman carrying a baby walks ahead of a child pushing another in a wheelchair, as Palestinians flee Gaza City's eastern neighbourhood of Shujaiya following a forced evacuation order issued by the Israeli military on 3 April, 2025." data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="77abae75-1486-4cea-b435-f20a2c66fa7d" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/000_38YN2G3.jpg" width="1024" height="682" alt="A woman carrying a baby walks ahead of a child pushing another in a wheelchair, as Palestinians flee Gaza City's eastern neighbourhood of Shujaiya following a forced evacuation order issued by the Israeli military on 3 April, 2025." typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> <figcaption>A woman carrying a baby walks ahead of a child pushing another in a wheelchair, as Palestinians flee Gaza City's eastern neighbourhood of Shujaiya following a forced evacuation order issued by the Israeli military on 3 April, 2025. (AFP)</figcaption> </div> </figure> <p><span style="background: url(&quot;https://www.middleeasteye.net/modules/contrib/ckeditor/vendor/plugins/widget/images/handle.png&quot;) rgba(220, 220, 220, 0.5); top: -15px; left: 0px;"><img height="15" role="presentation" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" title="Click and drag to move" width="15" loading="lazy"></span></p> <p><span style="background: url(&quot;https://www.middleeasteye.net/modules/contrib/ckeditor/vendor/plugins/widget/images/handle.png&quot;) rgba(220, 220, 220, 0.5); top: -15px; left: 0px;"><img alt height="15" role="presentation" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" title="Click and drag to move" width="15" loading="lazy"></span></p> </div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="420742" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/112-palestinians-killed-dawn-thursday-gaza-health-ministry" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/112-palestinians-killed-dawn-thursday-gaza-health-ministry" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">112 Palestinians killed since dawn on Thursday: Gaza health ministry</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>The Ministry of Health in Gaza said on Thursday that 112 Palestinians were killed by Israeli air strikes since dawn, with at least 70 of those deaths taking place in Gaza City, in the north of the Strip.&nbsp;</p> <p>The figure makes Thursday the deadliest single day for Palestinians since Israel resumed its war on Gaza on 18 March.&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </article>