Civilian Toll Soars as Israel’s Brutal War on Gaza Continues Unabated
Israel’s brutal war on Gaza showed no signs of easing on Monday, as crimes of genocide and murder against citizens continued in northern areas of the strip, in adIsrael’s brutal war on Gaza showed no signs of easing on Monday, as crimes of genocide and murder against citizens continued in northern areas of the strip, in addition to continuing the artillery and air strikes on Bedition to continuing the artillery and air strikes on Beit Lahia and Jabalia camp in particular, causing widespread casualties and destruction.
In one of the deadliest incidents, Israeli airstrikes targeted a house in the Beit Lahia near Kamal Adwan Hospital, killing 17 family members and injuring others, Palestinian press agency Safa reported.
Elsewhere, a tent sheltering displaced Palestinians in Khan Younis was bombed, killing a father, mother, and their two children, according to medical officials.
Medical sources told Al Jazeera that 46 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli airstrikes since dawn, with 30 fatalities reported in northern Gaza.
A separate strike in the Nuseirat refugee camp killed four people, including a woman and a child, Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital confirmed.
Civil defence officials reported that a 10-year-old child was injured in an overnight strike on a tent sheltering displaced families in Khan Younis.
An Associated Press reporter confirmed seeing the bodies of the children at Nasser Hospital.
According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, Israeli forces have committed four massacres against families in the past 24 hours, resulting in 76 deaths and 158 injuries.
The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) stated that 15 patients and their 16 companions were evacuated from Kamal Adwan Hospital to Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City with coordination from the World Health Organization (WHO).
The health ministry added that victims remain trapped under rubble and in inaccessible areas due to the continued bombardment.
However, Dr Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Kamal Adwan Hospital, said the facility remains under siege. He criticized media reports about the delivery of medical aid as misleading.
Amid the ongoing war, the Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, claimed responsibility for sniping five Israeli soldiers in the Al-Jawani area in Beit Lahia.
They also reported targeting an Israeli infantry force of 12 soldiers with an anti-personnel shell and striking a “Merkava” tank with a “Yassin 105” shell in the Islamic Association area of Beit Lahia.
Since 7 October 2023, the Israeli brutal military campaign on the Gaza Strip has killed at least 43,922 people, more than 70 percent of them women and children, with more than 103,898 others injured, according to the Palestinian health ministry’s latest figures.
