DaysofPal – The Israeli military stepped up its attacks on residential areas and displacement camps in the Gaza Strip, killing at least 70 Palestinians and injuring almost 190 others since dawn Wednesday, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health.
Early Thursday morning, heavy bombardments targeted multiple locations across the enclave, including hospitals, tents for displaced civilians, and residential neighborhoods. Among the dead were children, journalists, and entire families.
At least 38 people were killed in overnight raids, according to medical sources at Nasser, Al-Maqadmi, and Al-Shifa hospitals. In Gaza City, four journalists were killed in an Israeli drone strike near Al-Maqadmi Hospital while covering the aftermath of the attacks. Press sources confirmed the journalists were directly targeted.
At the Baptist Hospital in Gaza, its director, Dr. Fadel Naim, said that Israeli forces struck the facility for the eighth time since the start of the war, killing four people and wounding several others.
In Khan Yunis, southern Gaza, a drone strike on tents sheltering displaced Palestinians killed six people, including four members of the same family. Fifteen others were wounded. Earlier bombardments had forced families to seek shelter, and witnesses recounted scenes of destruction.
Elsewhere in the Strip, further casualties were reported. In Al-Shati Camp west of Gaza City, an Israeli strike killed three people, including a child and an elderly man. Doctors at Al-Shifa Hospital said several of the wounded were in critical condition. A separate drone attack on a home in Deir al-Balah killed a young girl and injured several others.
In the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood of Gaza City, another airstrike killed four Palestinians, with several others wounded, including children and women.
Israeli forces also continued ground operations, including the demolition of residential buildings in the town of Al-Qarara, northeast of Khan Yunis. Eyewitnesses reported heavy artillery shelling in multiple neighborhoods across Khan Yunis, including Batn Al-Samin, Al-Katiba, and Street 5.
Despite mounting international pressure to end the war, the Israeli army’s chief of staff reaffirmed that it “is not over yet.” The latest escalation comes amid mounting accusations of genocide by Israel against Palestinians in Gaza, with the war now stretching into its eighth month.
Since the beginning of the war on October 7, 2023, over 180,000 Palestinians have been killed or wounded, the vast majority of them women and children. More than 11,000 remain missing. The offensive has displaced hundreds of thousands and created a catastrophic humanitarian crisis marked by widespread famine, especially among children.
Shortlink for this post: https://daysofpalestine.ps/?p=63598
