Israeli occupation forces committed multiple massacres across Gaza on Saturday, killing at least 110 Palestinians—91 of them in Gaza City—and injuring or trapping dozens more beneath rubble, according to a medical source at the Gaza Health Ministry, speaking to Al Manassa.
A series of air raids targeted the Southern Al-Rimal neighborhood, striking five adjacent homes belonging to a single extended family behind the Jordanian Hospital in southern Gaza City. A journalist on the ground, speaking with Al Manassa, said the attack came without warning.
As the bombs fell, families fled into the streets—women and children among them—only to receive follow-up calls from the Israeli army demanding evacuation of four more nearby homes.
Roughly 30 minutes later, Israeli forces struck a nearby inhabited home that had not been marked for evacuation. Residents attempted to rescue those trapped, but civil defense and ambulance crews were prevented from entering the area due to ongoing attacks and the extreme danger, a civil defense official told Al Manassa.
One of the destroyed homes reportedly housed around 20 members of the same family. Neighbors pulled 20 bodies and dozens of wounded from the rubble, while more than 30 people remain trapped beneath the debris. Drone fire reportedly targeted civilians attempting to retrieve the dead and wounded.
Elsewhere in Gaza, Israeli airstrikes exterminated entire families. Nine relatives were killed in the Al-Daraj neighborhood, and another family was wiped out in Al-Shati refugee camp—relatives of Dr. Mohammad Abu Salmiya, director of Al-Shifa Hospital. Additional strikes killed dozens more across Gaza City's coastal neighborhoods, including Al-Daraj, Shujaiya, Al-Nafaq, Al-Sabra, Tel Al-Hawa, Sheikh Radwan, Al-Nasr, and northern Al-Shati.
Eyewitnesses told Al Manassa of bodies strewn across the streets, crushed beneath buildings, and lining the roads of northwest Gaza. Others described scenes of devastation that followed the deployment of explosive-laden robots and indiscriminate gunfire targeting civilians attempting to flee.
Some displaced families from Tel Al-Hawa attempted to return to their homes in Shujaiya and Al-Zaytoun, rather than evacuate Gaza City. Israeli artillery shelled the tent encampments where they had temporarily taken refuge west of Shujaiya.
One resident recounted to Al Manassa that Israeli forces systematically targeted civilians as they moved from one neighborhood to another, injuring many, including children.
In a statement posted to X, the Israeli army spokesperson said its 98th Division had expanded ground operations, encircling Gaza City from multiple fronts. The occupation forces claimed it had discovered tunnel shafts, rifles, and surveillance equipment inside civilian buildings, and had destroyed over 120 so-called “military” targets. It also alleged the killing of 30 Palestinian resistance fighters, and the dismantling of explosive devices and observation cameras.
Hamas publishes a farewell photo of 47 Israeli captives, threatening 'Ron Arad' fate, Sept. 20, 2025.In response to the intensified assault, Hamas published a poster via its Telegram channel, showing the faces of 47 Israeli captives, all labeled as “Ron Arad” with a different number. The message described it as a “farewell image,” as Israeli occupation forces press ahead with their ground invasion.
Ron Arad was an Israeli Air Force navigator, captured by Lebanese resistance factions in October 1986, as he was conducting an aerial raid over the country. Arad is widely believed to have died in captivity, though his exact fate remains unknown.
Hamas, and its armed wing, the Al-Qassam Brigades recent nod to Arad's demise warns that ongoing Israeli bombardment may lead to a similar fate of indefinite captivity or death without closure for the remaining captives.
Israel claims that Hamas holds 48 Israeli captives, of whom 20 are believed to still be alive. In contrast, more than 10,800 Palestinians remain detained by Israel, with human rights groups documenting widespread torture and medical neglect.
Israel’s war on Gaza, which began on Oct. 7, 2023, has killed about 65,000 Palestinians and injured more than 164,000, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. At least 413 people, including 143 children, have died from famine caused by Israel’s blockade on aid.
On Sept. 16, 2025, the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory concluded that “the state of Israel had committed a genocide” as its relentless assault on the Strip approaches its second year.
