DaysofPal- The Israeli occupation army intensified its bombardment of the Gaza Strip on Thursday, marking the 601st day of its ongoing war on the enclave, now in its 73rd consecutive day since Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu walked away from a ceasefire agreement.
The war, bolstered by continued U.S. political and military backing, persists under a shroud of international silence and diplomatic paralysis, while Gaza plunges further into a humanitarian catastrophe.
Local sources reported dozens of Israeli airstrikes across the besieged territory, as the population suffers from the compounding effects of a full blockade on food, water, and fuel since early March. The deprivation has driven large parts of Gaza into the grip of famine, with children among the first to die.
Medical sources confirmed at least 41 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks since dawn Thursday.
Among the latest atrocities, Israeli warplanes carried out a devastating airstrike on a residential block in the Al-Bureij refugee camp, central Gaza, killing 19 people, with many more missing or injured beneath the rubble. Later in the day, another house in the camp was struck, with no confirmed casualty count yet as search efforts continue.
Three civilians were killed and several were wounded in an airstrike near Abu Iskandar Bakery in northern Gaza’s Al-Jalaa area. In Al-Shuja’iyya, east of Gaza City, rescue workers recovered the bodies of three martyrs following an earlier Israeli strike.
In eastern Khan Yunis, the body of Jamil Awda Abu Daqa was pulled from beneath the rubble of his home. Two more Palestinians were killed Thursday morning in Qizan Abu Rashwan, also in southern Khan Yunis, while Mohammad Ashour and his wife, Wa’ad Al-Farra, were killed in a separate strike nearby.
Jabalia town in northern Gaza witnessed multiple attacks. Three civilians were killed in a strike on a residential home, and seven more civilians, including two young girls, were killed in a pre-dawn Israeli bombing of the Azzam family home, which also served as a shelter and children’s nursery for displaced families.
Thirteen-year-old Ahmad Awad Sarsour was killed in a strike targeting a tent sheltering displaced families in the Al-Baraka area of Deir al-Balah, central Gaza. Another civilian was confirmed dead in the Al-Tuffah neighborhood, east of Gaza City, after Israeli fire struck the Abu Al-Kass family home near the Al-Sanafour intersection. Nearly 20 people remain trapped under the rubble there.
In western Rafah, Israeli forces opened fire this morning on crowds gathered at the Al-‘Alam Roundabout, where civilians have been desperately waiting for aid. One body was recovered from the same location after a similar incident two days ago. Live fire was reported again Thursday morning.
Israeli helicopter gunships launched airstrikes on Sheikh Ajlin, southwest Gaza City, while two additional airstrikes were confirmed early morning east of Gaza City. The Israeli military also conducted controlled demolitions of several residential buildings in eastern parts of Gaza City.
Despite global calls for restraint and accountability, Israel continues to block humanitarian crossings and restrict aid, fueling a famine that has already claimed the lives of numerous children. The scale of devastation, with much of Gaza’s civilian infrastructure obliterated, has made rescue efforts perilous and largely ineffective.
Since the beginning of its war on Gaza on October 7, 2023, Israel, with the full backing of the United States, has killed or injured over 177,000 Palestinians, the majority of whom are women and children, and more than 11,000 remain missing, presumed buried under rubble or trapped in inaccessible areas.
As the war enters its 601st day, the Gaza Strip remains a battlefield, a graveyard, and a site of profound humanitarian collapse, all under a global gaze that, critics say, has turned away.
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