For the tenth consecutive day, Israeli occupation forces unleashed relentless airstrikes across Gaza, flattening residential towers, striking schools and universities, and driving yet another mass wave of displacement. Families described chaotic escapes under fire, often given only minutes to flee before missiles reduced their homes to rubble.
Mamdouh Al-Hajjar, 41, said his family fled in the early hours of Sunday after a phone call warned of an imminent strike. “We woke to screams. They told us they would bomb the tower. We ran into the street within minutes,” he told Al Manassa.
Their house, left in ruins, is now uninhabitable. “It’s not the first time we’ve been displaced. We slept on the street and decided to head south—there’s nowhere safe.” Maysa Salam, 36, said repeated strikes in Tel Al-Hawa obliterated her family’s makeshift shelter.
“Every time the tarp covers were destroyed, we repaired them at our own cost. Now we can’t afford it. Aid organizations are no longer providing as before,” she explained to Al Manassa. Her family paid $400 to move belongings by tuk-tuk, and walked more than 15 km in search of safety.
Displaced Palestinians leave Gaza City for the south after intensified Israeli strikes, Sept. 14, 2025.Everyone is a target
Israel ordered evacuations of three towers in western Gaza and a building at the Islamic University, claiming Hamas used them for military purposes. The sites included Al-Kawthar, Mahana, and the Unknown Soldier towers, along with the Al-Madina Al-Munawwara building on campus. All were struck in successive raids.
A journalist on sight, told Al Manassa that Al-Kawthar tower was levelled outright, while parts of the 14-storey Mahna and Unknown Soldier towers collapsed. Warplanes struck the Islamic University in six separate waves over five hours, injuring families who had briefly returned during a pause to salvage belongings. At least 18 people were wounded.
Hundreds had been sheltering inside the university before the evacuation order. The first strike launched four missiles that partially destroyed the building. Half an hour later, two heavy bombs tore through the structure. A third barrage of three missiles left more than 18 injured. Bombardments continued until the campus was rendered a shell of ruins.
Israeli strikes also hit Tel Al-Hawa, Al-Rimal, Al-Sabra, areas near Al-Shifa Hospital, the Beach refugee camp, and Al-Jalaa Street, demolishing more than 18 buildings. Hospitals reported 53 dead and more than 250 wounded overnight, including six killed in a drone strike on tents in Al-Rimal—three of them children—and more than 20 killed or injured in a strike on homes north of Al-Jalaa Street.
Netanyahu’s cabinet thus presses ahead with plans approved earlier for “full military control,” while Palestinian leaders caution continued displacement. Since then, Israel has not only intensified its assault on Gaza but expanded the war regionally, striking Hamas’ negotiating team in Doha and targeting global flotilla boats headed for the Strip twice.
