Israel Intensifies Aggression, Commits Massacre in Central Gaza

Nine Palestinians were killed and several others wounded on Thursday in heavy Israeli airstrikes targeting the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza.

The assault included intense bombardments north of the camp, preceded by numerous airstrikes in the same area. Israeli warplanes also struck the al-Mustaqbal Tower in al-Jadeed Camp and destroyed the al-Nasra Tower in Camp 5, both located in Nuseirat.

In northern Gaza, four Palestinians lost their lives when Israeli airstrikes targeted two homes in the Beit Lahia housing project area. According to an Al Mayadeen correspondent, the Israeli military also demolished residential buildings in Jabalia, north of the strip.

Israeli forces intensified attacks west of Jabalia, in the al-Tawam and al-Saftawi areas, and detonated explosive-laden robots near the Indonesian Hospital and Sheikh Zayed Square in northern Gaza.

Artillery shelling was reported in the vicinity of the al-Zaytoun Neighborhood, east of Gaza City, while a tent sheltering displaced civilians in Abasan al-Kabira, east of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, was also targeted, resulting in additional casualties.

These strikes follow Wednesday’s bombardment of shelters housing displaced individuals, which killed over 40 Palestinians.

Repeat massacres

Our correspondent said that the bodies of more than 40 martyrs arrived at hospitals for burial on Wednesday, across the Gaza Strip. 

In the northern towns of Beit Lahia and the Jabalia refugee camp, Israeli artillery shelled residential areas, as local media reported on the Israeli demolition of several buildings in the northern Gaza Strip. 

Moreover, a martyr and five wounded individuals were transferred to the al-Awda Hospital, after Israeli occupation forces targeted the Tal al-Zaatar area in Beit Lahia. 

Our correspondent also reported that the center of the al-Bureij refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip, was targeted by an Israeli drone.

Israeli airstrikes also killed two people after striking an area where citizens are gathered in southern Khan Younis. Buildings were also demolished in eastern Rafah. 

Health authorities in Gaza said that the toll of the Israeli aggression has risen to 44,282 martyrs and 104,880 injured individuals since October 7, 2023. 

Hamas urges action to end Israeli siege, massacres

The Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, issued a statement, on Wednesday, calling for “urgent and immediate action to halt the massacres and starvation targeting Beit Lahia and Jabalia in northern Gaza.”

The statement declared that “the Israeli occupation army continues its criminal military operation in northern Gaza for the 55th consecutive day, perpetrating horrific and brutal terrorist crimes against our people in the north specifically, and Gaza generally.”

Furthermore, Hamas stated that the Israeli occupation continues to commit “heinous crimes” in northern Gaza, including killing civilians, detaining dozens, and targeting hospitals and medical staff. Civil defense teams have also been directly attacked, leaving them completely incapacitated.

Hamas also criticized the US administration, labeling it “the primary partner and supporter of the Israeli enemy,” and held it fully responsible for the massacres and acts of genocide against Palestinians in Gaza.

The group accused the Israeli occupation forces of intensifying their aggression on Jabalia and Beit Lahia through heavy bombardment, “imposing a severe blockade and killing anyone attempting to leave.”