The Israeli army continued for the 153rd day the bombing of various parts of the Gaza Strip, and the wiring and detonating of entire residential blocks across the coastal region, killing dozens and wounding hundreds.
The various parts of northern Gaza remain isolated amidst massive destruction, while the Palestinians there, in addition to Gaza City, have no access to medical supplies, and are facing famines and diseases as they remain isolated, without humanitarian aid.
In Jabalia, in northern Gaza, the army fired missiles at several areas, east of the city, causing many casualties.
In central Gaza, medical sources have confirmed that the army killed 42 Palestinians, including women, and injured dozens, in Deir Al-Balah, after the medics located the corpses of seven Palestinians under a home that was bombarded earlier Thursday.
In Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, the army continued the bombing of several areas, including extensive missiles and shells at Hamad City and areas across Khan Younis’s northern areas.
Palestinian children are starving to death as Israel continues to block humanitarian aid to Gaza.
More than 1 million children are living through a catastrophic health emergency. pic.twitter.com/SHnC48AF7c
— AJ+ (@ajplus) March 7, 2024
Medical sources said at least fourteen Palestinians were killed, and many injured, in several parts of Khan Younis.
UNRWA stated that about 1.7 million Palestinians in Gaza (%75 of the entire population) have been displaced, and many of them had to flee several times.
An Israeli soldier shares a video of Israeli forces in Gaza indiscriminately firing at Palestinian homes as they detonate several residential blocks for amusement. pic.twitter.com/hGu1vZjx4Q
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) March 7, 2024
Most of the Palestinians who are currently in Rafah, in the southmost part of the Gaza Strip, fled their homes in northern Gaza, lo9oking for safety, however, the army repeatedly bombarded Rafah, including areas where refugees tried to shelter in tents near the border with Egypt.
In related news, the Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad, said its fighters fired mortars at Israeli soldiers invading areas in the south of the Zeitoun neighborhood in Gaza City.
Commenting on a report by Haaretz regarding the death of 27 detainees from the Gaza Strip during interrogation military bases near Beersheva (Be’er As-Sabe’) and near Jerusalem, the head of the Palestinian Detainees’ Committee, Qaddoura Fares, said this announcement is just the beginning, adding that the numbers are likely much higher, but Israel conceals this information, especially since the fate and the whereabouts of hundreds of detainees, who were abducted in the Gaza Strip, remain unknown.
Palestinian children are starving to death as Israel continues to block humanitarian aid to Gaza.
More than 1 million children are living through a catastrophic health emergency. pic.twitter.com/SHnC48AF7c
— AJ+ (@ajplus) March 7, 2024
The Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said it sent many letters and appeals to various international legal and human rights groups, calling on them to intervene and stop the ongoing crimes, and added that “After 153 of ongoing Israeli aggression, the Israeli occupation still refuses to provide information regarding Gaza Strip detainees.
In addition, Al-Jazeera said the Israeli army examined 400 bodies at the Nasser Medical Center in Khan Younis, looking for Israeli captives, after storming the facility last month, and added that none of those bodies were Israelis.
About 130 Israelis remain in Gaza, unaccounted for, however, some thirty of them are believed to have been killed in Israeli bombings; Hamas said that it wouldn’t be able to establish a full account of the Israeli captives who are still alive until Israel stops the bombings.
سرايا القدس تبث صوراً لما قالت إنه استهداف مقاتليها آليات إسرائيلية بالعبوات وقذائف “آر بي جي” في حي الزيتون بغزة#حرب_غزة #الأخبار pic.twitter.com/NolVfpgE2O
— قناة الجزيرة (@AJArabic) March 7, 2024
The Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad, said its fighters detonated many explosives they planted in the path of Israeli tanks and fired RPG shells at them, destroying many tanks and armored vehicles.
In related news, the United Nations Humanitarian Office said Israel only allowed six of 24 aid missions into the northern part of the Gaza Strip last month.
#فيديو| دفن جثامين الشهداء الـ 47 الذين سلّمهم الاحتلال، صباح اليوم، عبر معبر كرم أبو سالم ، بعد خطفهم وتعذيبهم في سجونه pic.twitter.com/BWrEiVcw8F
— وكالة شهاب للأنباء (@ShehabAgency) March 7, 2024
Al-Jazeera said the Hamas delegation in Egypt has returned to Gaza after stating that Israel foiled all mediators’ attempts to reach an agreement, and added that South African requested an order for the International Court of Justice to issue an immediate ceasefire order to “prevent full-scale famine in the Gaza Strip.”
The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics said that, while various parts of the world mark March 8, the International Women’s Day, more than 9.000 women have been killed by Israeli missiles, shells and bullets, since October 7, 2023.
The Palestinian Health Ministry said the Israeli army committed nine massacres against Palestinian families in the Gaza Strip in the last 24 hours, killing at least 83 Palestinians and wounding 142, including many women and children.
The Health Ministry also said that 60.000 pregnant women in Gaza suffer from malnutrition and dehydration and have no access to adequate healthcare.
It also said hospitals across the Gaza Strip are lacking blood of all types, especially due to the exceedingly high numbers of injuries.
The Health Ministry said that, despite famine, the Palestinians in Gaza donated more than 40.000 units of blood and added that the devastated hospitals do not have the capacities to test the donated blood.
The Health Ministry stated that Israel has now killed at least 30.800 Palestinians and injured 72.298 since October 7, 2023.
According to Euro-Med Human Rights Monitors, as of March 5, the total number of slain Palestinians is 39.178, including 14.622 children, 8.896 women, 132 journalists, 325 healthcare workers, and 42 Civil Defense workers. (The numbers include those under the rubble)
Euro-Med added that Israel destroyed 106.000 homes, partially damaged 250.900 homes, destroyed or damaged 175 media centers, damaged 432 schools, destroyed 199 heritage sites, destroyed 2.120 industrial facilities, and damaged 621 mosques and three churches.
