On Thursday, Day 230 of the ongoing Israeli genocide of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, Israeli missiles and shells struck many homes, buildings, and schools, killing and wounding dozens of Palestinians, including many women and children, in several parts of the coastal enclave.
- Israeli navy ships fire live rounds and shells at Palestinians near the shore of Gaza City.
- The army continued to fire missiles and artillery shells at various parts of Jabalia and the Jabalia refugee camp, in northern Gaza.
- The army fired many missiles at the eastern areas of Rafah, in the Gaza Strip’s southmost part.
- Israeli military helicopters fired barrages of live rounds at many areas, east of Rafah.
- Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir Al-Balah, in central Gaza, warned of imminent disaster as it needs more than 50.000 liters of fuel for its power generators to keep the medical facility, including Intensive Care, operational.
Doctors attempting to warm the bodies of premature babies after the power outage at Shuhada Al Aqsa Hospital in Deir Al Balah in central Gaza.
The hospital had warned of an imminent health catastrophe if fuel is not supplied. pic.twitter.com/9FCyvnd2FF
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) May 23, 2024
After continuously bombing and shelling it, the Israeli army imposed a siege on the Jabalia refugee camp, in northern Gaza, and expanded its ground offensive and bombing of Jabalia city, in addition to firing many missiles at various parts of the city and the refugee camp.
🚨 Urgent conference at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in central Gaza due to complete power outage, endangering wounded lives. Israeli army’s closure of crossings and blockade exacerbate crisis amidst ongoing israeli genocide against #Gaza Strip. pic.twitter.com/AR3ipWlx3U
— Nour Naim| نُور (@NourNaim88) May 23, 2024
The army also wired and detonated many homes in Deir Al-Balah, in central Gaza, the Daraj neighborhoods in Gaza City, and the Tal Al-Sultan neighborhoods, east of Rafah, in the Gaza Strip’s southmost part.
Baby Ahmed is found under the rubble after israelis bombed his home in Deir al-Balah, but his one leg and part of the other had to be amputated pic.twitter.com/zti3jnzjEh
— Sarah Wilkinson (@swilkinsonbc) May 23, 2024
Medical sources said an Israeli military drone fired live rounds at the Al-Wadi School, where dozens of families sheltered, killing four Palestinians who were moved to the Al-Aqsa Hospital.
Several Palestinians, including children and women, were killed and many were injured in an Israeli bombardment targeting a school which houses displaced families near Fatima Al-Zahra Mosque in Gaza City
Furthermore, dozens of Palestinians were killed and injured when the Israeli army bombarded a residential building in the center of Gaza City.
Also, several Palestinians were killed and many more injured when the army fired a missile at a home in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in the northern part of Gaza City.
Medical sources said ten Palestinians, including children and women, were killed and many were injured when the army fired a missile at an apartment in the Sha’biyya area in Gaza City.
Also in Gaza, at least twelve Palestinians were killed and many were injured, many seriously, including women and children, when the army fired a missile at a warehouse for humanitarian supplies where families also tried to shelter.
Various hospitals in the Gaza Strip voiced urgent appeals for medical and humanitarian supplies, in addition to fuel urgently needed to run the electricity generators.
The Palestinian Health Ministry said the Israeli army committed nine massacres of families in several parts of the Gaza Strip in the last 24 hours, killing at least 91 and wounding 210, including women and children.
The Health Ministry added that Israel has now killed at least 35.800 Palestinians, and injured more than 80.200, in addition to the thousands who remain missing, largely under the rubble of bombarded homes and buildings in various parts of the Gaza Strip, since October 7, 2023.
