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Israel keeps bombing Gaza as ceasefire talks in Egypt enter third day

By Edna Mohamed and Faisal Ali

Published On 8 Oct 20258 Oct 2025

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• Loud explosions have been heard in Gaza City, “resulting from the extensive use of remotely controlled armoured vehicles that are laden with tonnes of explosives”, according to our team in the Gaza Strip, as ceasefire talks enter the third day in Egypt.
• The Freedom Flotilla Coalition says the Israeli military has attacked its convoy of boats and intercepted several vessels as they sailed towards Gaza.

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Israel blocked Gaza incubator retrieval four times: UNICEF

James Elder, the UNICEF spokesperson who is currently in Gaza, has posted a video in which he said the UN children’s agency has been denied access by the Israeli army to northern Gaza in order to retrieve an incubator for newborns, on four occasions.

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  Israeli forces kill, injure aid seekers near food distribution centre in southern Gaza

  At least one person has been killed and others wounded after Israeli forces fired at people waiting for aid near a distribution centre north of Rafah, according to sources at the Nasser Hospital who spoke to our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic.

  The Wafa news agency, also citing a medical source, reported that one victim from the attack suffered from a head injury, after Israeli forces fired at people waiting for food near an aid distribution centre in the Shakoush area, northwest of Rafah.

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  Gaza’s Government Media Office shares grim statistics

  The Israeli military is killing two medical personnel and a journalist every three days, Gaza’s Government Media Office has said in a statement, outlining the civilian cost of Israel’s renewed military offensive in the enclave.

  It said in a statement on Telegram that more than 200 Palestinians are being injured every day, and on average, 13 Palestinians are having their limbs amputated due to injuries sustained directly or indirectly in the fighting.

  The Israeli military is also attacking, on average, one health facility every day, the statement said.
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  Two bodies recovered after Israeli air attacks in Gaza City

  Two bodies have been recovered after Israeli air attacks on the al-Jalaa and Nassr areas of Gaza City, according to a source at al-Shifa Hospital speaking to our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic.

  Moreover, in southern Gaza, an ambulance and emergency source told our colleagues that many people were injured by Israeli fire while waiting for aid.
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  Israeli minister Ben-Gvir storms Al-Aqsa Mosque compound

  Israel’s far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has entered the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the occupied East Jerusalem, praying for “victory in the war, the destruction of Hamas and the return of the hostages”.

  Under the status quo in place since Israel captured East Jerusalem in 1967, only Muslims are allowed to pray at the site, while a Waqf (Islamic trust) manages it, and Israeli forces maintain security.

  Ben-Gvir has repeatedly violated the arrangement since joining Israel’s cabinet, and Israel’s enforcement of it has softened.

  Read more about the agreement here.