DaysofPal – For the 612th consecutive day, the Israeli occupation continues its genocidal campaign against the Gaza Strip, marked by relentless aerial and ground assaults, widespread devastation, and systematic targeting of starving civilians in search of food aid.
According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health on Sunday, the death toll since October 7, 2023, has soared to 54,880 killed and 126,227 wounded—making this one of the deadliest sustained assaults on civilians in modern history. Since the intensification of Israel’s military campaign on March 18, 2024, alone, over 4,603 people have been killed and 14,186 injured.
On Monday morning, Al-Awda Hospital reported the arrival of 28 injured civilians after Israeli aircraft launched airstrikes and opened fire on people near an alleged “aid distribution point” at the Nuseirat checkpoint in central Gaza.
A day earlier, 13 civilians were killed and several others wounded after Israeli forces opened fire on thousands waiting for food assistance at a U.S.-established aid center west of Rafah.
In a separate incident, three civilians were killed and others wounded in an airstrike on a group in the Nuseirat refugee camp.
The Israeli military also bombarded multiple areas on Sunday and Monday:
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Eastern Al-Tuffah neighborhood in Gaza City faced intense artillery and airstrikes.
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Abasan al-Kabira, east of Khan Younis, was targeted amid continuous shelling.
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In northern Gaza, an airstrike hit a residential home near Hamza Mosque in Jabalia al-Nazla, resulting in more casualties and extensive destruction.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Health has issued an urgent warning: Gaza’s remaining hospitals are on the brink of total shutdown due to a critical fuel shortage, which could soon halt life-saving generators and medical equipment—putting thousands of patients and injured civilians at immediate risk.
All of this is unfolding under a near-total Israeli blockade that has collapsed the humanitarian infrastructure in Gaza. Aid trucks are blocked, food is scarce, medical supplies are dwindling, and civilians are being deliberately targeted, even at aid points designated by international actors.
The ongoing siege and massacres are not random acts of violence but form part of a calculated, systematic war against a besieged civilian population—what many legal experts and international observers now call an ongoing genocide.
This sustained campaign of starvation, displacement, and mass killing represents one of the darkest chapters in modern Palestinian history, and continues to unfold with impunity as much of the world watches in silence.
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