Palestinians in Gaza City inspected on Friday (September 5) the site of an overnight Israeli strike on a tent that killed and injured several people, according to medics.

Israel controls 40% of Gaza City, a military spokesperson said on Thursday (September 4), as its bombardment forced more Palestinians from their homes there, while thousands of residents defied Israeli orders to leave, remaining behind in the ruins in the path of Israel's latest advance.

Israeli forces have advanced through the outer suburbs of Gaza City and are now a few kilometres (miles) from the city centre.

Israel has regularly said it takes steps to avoid hitting civilians. The Israeli military has said it is operating on the outskirts of the city to dismantle militants' tunnels and locate weapons.

Israel launched the offensive in Gaza City on August 10, in what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says is a plan to defeat Hamas militants in the part of Gaza where Israeli troops fought most heavily in the war's initial phase.

The campaign has prompted international criticism because of the humanitarian crisis in the area and has provoked unusual levels of concern within Israel, including accounts of tension over strategy between some military commanders and political leaders.

The war began on October 7, 2023, when gunmen led by Hamas attacked southern Israel, killing some 1,200 people, most of them civilians, according to Israeli figures, and taking 251 hostages into Gaza.

Israel's offensive has since killed more than 63,000 Palestinians, most of them civilians, according to local health officials, and left much of the territory in ruins.

DESCRIPCIÓN DE IMÁGENES

GAZA CITY, GAZA (SEPTEMBER 5, 2025) (REUTERS - Access all)

1. VARIOUS OF A PALESTINIAN INSPECTING THE SITE OF AN OVERNIGHT ISRAELI STRIKE ON A TENT, LOOKING THROUGH BELONGINGS AND DEBRIS

2. VARIOUS OF DEBRIS AND BELONGINGS ON SITE

3. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) DISPLACED PALESTINIAN WHOSE SON AND GRANDCHILDREN WERE KILLED IN THE ISRAELI STRIKE, REDA AL-AFIFI, SAYING:

"They targeted the tent, they were just sleeping in it...Children were sleeping with their mother, as soon as their father joined them, they hit them. All the family gone like that? All the family is gone, what can we say? We say, 'there is no God but Allah', better than anything."

4. WOMEN AND CHILDREN GATHERING

5. AL-AFIFI SITTING NEXT TO ANOTHER WOMAN, CRYING

6. (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) DISPLACED PALESTINIAN WHOSE SON AND GRANDCHILDREN WERE KILLED IN THE ISRAELI STRIKE, REDA AL-AFIFI, SAYING:

"They say a safe area - here we are, staying in the safe area. Where is this safety? Where is safety? Do we find safety in any area? Wherever we go, there is bombing. Wherever we go, there is... where do we go?"

7. VARIOUS OF TORN TENT WITH BELONGINGS AND DEBRIS SCATTERED ON THE GROUND

8. VARIOUS OF DAMAGED TENTS AND BELONGINGS, WITH PEOPLE GATHERING AROUND

9. PEOPLE GATHERING