DayofPal– The Israeli occupation army launched late Saturday a new deadly assault on Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza, resulting in the mass killing of at least 80 Palestinians, with many dozens injured or missing.
Reports from the Government Media Office reveal that a significant portion of the casualties are women and children, as the military struck at the heart of densely populated residential neighborhoods, where residential homes are back-to-back, given the smallest space available for people in that urban area.
Large pieces of concrete—as a result of the attack and the destruction—make it very difficult for the paramedics and the Civil Defense members to conduct rescue missions.
The assault on the Beit Lahiya housing project devastated civilian homes, marking another chapter in a chilling campaign of ethnic cleansing and systematic genocide.
A witness from the area described the massive explosion resulting from multiple air strikes, shaking the very foundations of the surrounding areas.
More than half of the people who were killed are people who were forced to evacuate from Jabalia and other parts of the eastern and central part of the northern Gaza Strip as the siege continues and the massive bombardment continues
Survivors recount harrowing tales of entire families buried beneath the rubble, with many still unaccounted for. As the area grapples with this humanitarian crisis, emergency services face overwhelming challenges in their efforts to rescue those trapped under the rubble and partially destroyed buildings.
The attack comes after Gaza health officials said Israeli forces surrounded and shelled Beit Lahiya’s Indonesian hospital amid the Israeli military’s relentless campaign that has crippled the local healthcare system, leaving hospitals like Kamal Adwan as well under siege.
Israel’s military siege on the north of the Gaza Strip continues, with UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini saying 20,000 people were forced to flee the Jabalia refugee camp on Friday alone.
Medical personnel face evacuation orders amid threats, while vital fuel supplies have been halted. With communications and internet access severed, the region plunges deeper into a humanitarian catastrophe, amplifying the suffering of those caught in this turmoil.
Dr. Ahmed Abdul Hadi, the Director of Kamal Adwan Hospital, revealed that over 50 people have remained trapped under the rubble after the devastating airstrike.
“We have no hospitals, no media coverage, and no hope for survival. People fled the bombings in Jabalia, only to find themselves facing death in Beit Lahiya,” lamented Dr. Izzeddin Shaheen, a physician working in northern Gaza.
Beit Lahiya’s massacre marks the second massacre in less than 24 hours, following an airstrike on Jabalia early Saturday that killed 33 Palestinians, including 21 women, as Israel enters the 15th day of its offensive on north Gaza.
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