On Thursday, the Israeli army continued to bomb various parts of the densely populated Gaza Strip, striking homes, buildings, medical centers, and infrastructure, killing dozens of Palestinians and wounding hundreds.
The Palestinian Health Ministry said the army “committed fifteen massacres against Palestinian families, killing 118 Palestinians and wounding 190, in less than 24 hours.”
The Health Ministry added that dozens of slain Palestinians remain on streets and under the rubble of bombarded homes and buildings, while the army continued to bomb infrastructure and attack medics and rescue teams, preventing them from reaching bombarded areas.
Seven Palestinians were killed, and many were injured, when the army fired a missile at a home for the Nakhal family in Gaza City.
The army also fired missiles at a makeshift shelter where families fled their homes to the Al-Yarmouk soccer field, killing two and wounding many Palestinians.
In Beit Hanoun, in northern Gaza, the army killed three Palestinians and wounded many others, after firing artillery shells at homes.
Horrifying scenes of released abductees, who have been subjected to torture after being kidnapped from Gaza by Israel’s military. pic.twitter.com/dMnjLiFohC
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) February 1, 2024
In Gaza City, the army killed and injured dozens of Palestinians after firing shells and missiles at homes and buildings in the western area of the city, especially the Rimal and Tal Al-Hawa neighborhoods, while ambulances remained unable to reach them.
In central Gaza, the army killed at least one Palestinian and injured many others in a home for the Al-Buheisi family in Deir Al-Balah city.
In Khan Younis, in southern Gaza, the army fired artillery shells at homes and buildings in the Al-Amal neighborhood, and all areas around the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) building, west of Khan Younis, for the eleventh consecutive day.
The Israeli shells in Khan Younis killed at least thirteen Palestinians in just a few hours and injured dozens.
The PRCS said the army earlier killed one of its security guards and added that its medics were unable to reach him due to constant bombing.
🚨Update regarding PRCS Al-Amal Hospital until 5:30 PM today.
📌Continued targeting and siege of Al-Amal Hospital for the eleventh consecutive day.
📌Occupation forces persist in intense shelling and gunfire around the hospital.
📌Repeated incursions into the hospital and PRCS… pic.twitter.com/0Yy4KjyhIR— PRCS (@PalestineRCS) February 1, 2024
In addition, Israeli navy boats fired dozens of live rounds at the shores of Gaza City, the central district, and Rafah, where families gathered after fleeing their homes in several parts of the devastated and destroyed coastal enclave.
Omar Abu Taha, a Palestinian doctor in Rafah told Al-Jazeera that the Israeli army handed the Palestinians 100 corpses, severely mutilated and missing body parts, or just severed body parts in body bags, and added the doctors and teams documented the corpses, including taking pictures and DNA samples for future analysis, before burying them in a mass grave.
Abu Taha stated that the massive destruction, the targeting of medical facilities, the severe shortages of medical supplies and functioning medical centers make lab tests and analysis impossible.
The Israeli army also fired missiles at land on the border with Egypt, south of Rafah city, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.
On Wednesday evening, the Israeli army said one of its commanders was killed in northern Gaza, bringing the number of soldiers, killed since October 7, 2023, to 561, including 224 since the beginning of the ground offensive on October 27, bringing the total number of Israeli, including soldiers, killed since October 7 to 1.139.
Israel has now killed at least 27.019 Palestinians, and injured more than 66.139, mostly women and children, in addition to the thousands of Palestinians who remain buried under the rubble of bombarded homes and buildings, and those killed in the streets and alleys of various parts of the Gaza Strip, since October 7, 2023.
