{"id":13585,"date":"2025-07-14T09:04:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T09:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=13585"},"modified":"2025-07-14T09:04:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T09:04:12","slug":"at-least-95-killed-in-gaza-as-israel-escalates-rafah-demolitions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=13585","title":{"rendered":"At least 95 killed in Gaza as Israel escalates Rafah demolitions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>At least 95 Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes over the past 24 hours, as attacks intensified across the Gaza Strip and demolitions surged in Rafah, where Israel is advancing a plan to forcibly relocate hundreds of thousands of residents.<\/p>\n<p>According to an investigation by Al Jazeera\u2019s Sanad unit, demolition operations in southern Gaza\u2019s Rafah Governorate have sharply escalated in recent months as part of the controversial relocation effort.<\/p>\n<p>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 \u2014 a surge of 12,800 demolitions in three months.<\/p>\n<p>The demolition spike aligns with Israel\u2019s 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 \u201cconcentration camps,\u201d with possible expansion to the entire population of Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>A view shows beams of light in Gaza, as seen from the Israeli side of the Israel-Gaza border on July 13, 2025. \u2014 Reuters<\/p>\n<p>Read: New Gaza-bound aid boat leaves Italy<\/p>\n<p>Ceasefire talks<\/p>\n<p>US President Donald Trump said that discussions are ongoing over the conflict in Gaza and expressed hope for progress in the coming week, despite stalled ceasefire talks in Doha.<\/p>\n<p>A view shows beams of light in Gaza, as seen from the Israeli side of the Israel-Gaza border on July 13, 2025. \u2014 Reuters<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGaza \u2014 we are talking and hopefully we\u2019re going to get that straightened out over the next week,\u201d Trump told reporters, reiterating comments he made on July 4.<\/p>\n<p>                                     Gaza \u2014 we are talking and hopefully we\u2019re going to get that straightened out over the next week<br \/>\n                                     US President<\/p>\n<p>I<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, The\u00a0New York Times on Sunday rejected Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s dismissal of its report claiming he extended the Gaza war to retain political power, stating his office \u201cdoes not refute the facts\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Read more: At least 60 Palestinians killed, 180 wounded in Israeli strikes today<\/p>\n<p>Smoke rises following an explosion in Gaza, as seen from the Israeli side of the Israel-Gaza border on July 13, 2025. \u2014 Reuters<\/p>\n<p>The investigation, published Friday, drew on over 110 interviews and internal documents, alleging Netanyahu delayed a ceasefire and blocked a Saudi-Israeli normalization deal to appease far-right allies and maintain his coalition.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Netanyahu\u2019s office called the report a \u201crehash of long discredited claims\u201d. In response, a Times spokesperson defended the reporting, saying it \u201cshows in detail how prolonging the Gaza war helped Mr\u00a0Netanyahu to stay in power\u201d.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least 95 Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes over the past 24 hours, as attacks intensified across the Gaza Strip and demolitions surged in Rafah, where Israel is advancing a plan to forcibly relocate hundreds of thousands of residents. 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