Demolition spike aligns with Israeli defence ministry’s plan to transfer 600,000 residents to ‘concentration camps’
At least 28 people were killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza on Monday, including two reportedly seeking aid, according to hospital sources.
The Israeli military said its air force carried out more than 100 strikes on the enclave in the past 24 hours.
Moreover, at least 360 medical personnel have been arrested by Israeli forces in Gaza since the start of the October 2023 invasion, Gaza’s Health Ministry said, warning that detainees are being held in “tragic and harsh conditions,” Al Jazeera reports.
The ministry said the arrests include doctors, further straining the territory’s overwhelmed health system and leaving thousands of wounded Palestinians without adequate medical care.
It called for urgent international action “to criminalise the occupation’s practices against imprisoned medical staff and to pressure for their release.”
The ministry also said that at least 1,400 healthcare workers have been killed by Israeli forces since the offensive began.
Meanwhile, UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese said sanctions imposed on her by the United States are intended to silence her for calling the situation in Gaza “genocide.”
Speaking to TRT Balkan, Albanese said the attacks against her were “not unexpected but unnecessary,” and argued that the sanctions violate the 1946 Vienna Convention on Privileges and Immunities, which she said is enforceable in US courts.
Demolition spike aligns with Israeli plan to transfer 600,000 residents to ‘concentration camps’
Satellite imagery reviewed by Sanad and data from the United Nations Satellite Centre (UNOSAT) show the number of destroyed buildings in Rafah rose from 15,800 on April 4 to 28,600 by July 4 — a surge of 12,800 demolitions in three months.
The demolition spike aligns with Israel’s expanded military push into Rafah, launched in late March, and a defence ministry plan to transfer 600,000 residents into areas critics have likened to “concentration camps,” with possible expansion to the entire population of Gaza.
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert condemned the idea, calling it a “concentration camp.”
A view shows beams of light in Gaza, as seen from the Israeli side of the Israel-Gaza border on July 13, 2025.
