Rome, 20 September – Palestinian media report ‘heavy Israeli bombing and a ring of fire in several areas of Gaza City’. Israeli media confirm that the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) are carrying out attacks on several areas of the city, with numerous explosions. According to Al Jazeera, eight people died in a raid on a house near the Bank of Palestine in the Tal al-Hawa neighbourhood. Two children were killed in an attack on a school that had been turned into a shelter. Al-Shifa Hospital reports several civilians wounded in the bombing.