Israeli Strike on Tents of Displaced Families Kills at Least 17
Gaza (Quds News Network)- At least 17 Palestinians were killed in an Israeli strike that targeted tents sheltering displaced families west of Gaza City as Israeli forces also flattened a nearby high-rise building.
Medical sources confirmed at least 17 people were killed in the attack.
BREAKING: In an updated toll, at least 10 civilians were killed and others injured in an Israeli airstrike on a group of civilians in western Gaza City, coinciding with the attack on Tayba II Tower. pic.twitter.com/lYXHJH1hu5
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) September 10, 2025
The attack coincided with Israel’s flattening of a nearby residential high-rise tower.
Footage documenting the moments when Israeli warplanes destroyed the Tayba II residential tower in western Gaza City, completely flattening the building to the ground with heavy missiles a few minutes ago. pic.twitter.com/GBgM29GOzC
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) September 10, 2025
Israeli forces have intensified attacks on Gaza City over the past weeks as the military plans to occupy the city and forcibly displace one million people from their homes.
On Tuesday, the Israeli military warned residents of Gaza City to flee south or risk being killed. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also warned the residents on Monday to “leave now.”
“I say to the residents of Gaza, I take this opportunity and listen to me carefully: you have been warned — leave now!” he said.
On Monday, Israel’s Defense Minister Israel Katz also issued a threat to Gaza, warning that a “powerful hurricane” will hit the Palestinian enclave and that “Gaza will be destroyed” and “annihilated.”
The plan reportedly involves forcing around one million residents southwards before surrounding the city and launching incursions into residential areas.
UN secretary-general António Guterres criticized Israel’s plan to take control of Gaza City, saying the decision marked “a dangerous escalation” that risks “deepening the already catastrophic consequences for millions of Palestinians”.
That decision “will result in additional forced displacement, killings and massive destruction, compounding the unimaginable suffering of the Palestinian population in Gaza,” he added.
A number of countries, including France, the United Kingdom, China, Turkey, Egypt, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia, also voiced strong opposition to the Israeli plan.
Gaza’s Ministry of Interior warned that Israel’s planned invasion of Gaza City would amount to a “death sentence”.
Israeli forces have destroyed more than 50 buildings across the Gaza Strip over the past days, while another 100 buildings were partially damaged, including high-rises housing thousands of residents, a Civil Defense spokesperson said.
Mahmoud Basal noted that Israeli forces are deliberately targeting buildings surrounded by encampments of displaced people, in what he described as a “systematic” policy aimed at intensifying forced displacement.
He also said Israeli forces are targeting the remaining mosques and stadiums in Gaza City, and said Civil Defense crews received distress calls from citizens trapped under the rubble.
