DaysofPal- The Israeli occupation army committed a brutal massacre against displaced Palestinians in the northern part of the Shati Refugee Camp, west of Gaza City, early Tuesday morning. The artillery shelling targeted tents sheltering displaced families, killing 14 Palestinians, including women and children, and injuring dozens more.
Sources reported that the shelling occurred during the early hours while the victims were asleep inside the tents, resulting in a high number of casualties amid extremely dire humanitarian and health conditions. The area suffers from severe shortages of food aid, clean water, and medical supplies due to the ongoing siege and critical fuel shortages.
Ambulances rushed to the scene to evacuate the dead and wounded to Al-Shifa Hospital, which is operating at near-zero capacity because of a severe lack of medicines and fuel. Medical teams continue to provide urgent care despite the critical shortage of equipment and supplies.
The attack is part of a broader military escalation across the Gaza Strip, where multiple areas have been subjected to continuous bombardment targeting civilians and displaced populations. International organizations have previously documented cases of Palestinians being killed while waiting for humanitarian aid, provoking widespread global condemnation and denunciations of what has been described as a policy of “deliberate starvation” against civilians.
Prominent human rights organizations have called for an immediate ceasefire and protection of civilians, describing the targeting of displaced persons’ tents as a war crime and a blatant violation of international humanitarian law.
This tragedy unfolds amid the complete collapse of civil and medical services in Gaza, with the population’s suffering intensifying due to the ongoing blockade. Local and international officials have described the humanitarian situation as being in a state of “total collapse.”
Since the start of Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza, Israeli occupation forces have killed 59,029 Palestinians and injured 142,135, with approximately 72% of the casualties being women and children, according to the Ministry of Health.
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