On Sunday, Day 310 of the ongoing genocide, the Israeli army killed and injured dozens of Palestinians across the devastated and destroyed coastal enclave and issued more orders forcing the Palestinians out of many areas where they sheltered.
The army continued to bomb homes, schools, and UNRWA centers where thousands of families sheltered across the Gaza Strip, killing and wounding dozens of Palestinians.
In Gaza City, the army fired a missile at a home in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, in the northern part of the city, killing at least one Palestinian and wounding several others.
Media sources said the army also bombarded many homes in the area, while medics and rescue teams remained enter it to evacuate the dead and rescue the wounded, due to massive destruction and ongoing attacks.
At least four Palestinians were also killed, and many were injured when the army bombarded the Sikka area in Gaza City.
In central Gaza, the Israeli army fired a missile at a home for the Hamdan family, in the western part of the Nusseirat refugee camp, killing at least two Palestinians and wounding many.
Also in the refugee camp, one woman was killed, and several Palestinians were injured when the army bombarded a home in the western part of Nusseirat.
In Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, the army fired shells at the center of the city, killing at least two Palestinians and injuring many more.
In Rafah, in Gaza’s southmost part, the Palestinian Civil Defense said its medics located the corpses of two Palestinians under the rubble in the Tal Al-Sultan neighborhood, after the army targeted the area with missiles and shells.
Also, the army fired a missile near the Al-Matar area, east of Rafah, killing two Palestinians and wounding many.
A medical source at the Gaza European Hospital said many Palestinians are dying daily due to the lack of medical supplies and added that dozens of Palestinians have died after the medics were unable to reach them and that the army abducted more than 500 medical workers since October 7, 2023.
The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) said %24 of the slain Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are young (%26 males and %22 females) and added that the number of Palestinians who died from hunger is more than 34, in addition to more than 3.500 children who are severely malnutrition and are facing imminent death due to the lack of food and medicine.
On August 11, EuroMed Human Rights Monitor said: “Initial investigations by Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor found no proof or indication of any military operations or combatants at the Tab’een School in Gaza City, whose prayer hall Israel targeted in a brutal massacre that claimed the lives of over 100 Palestinians.
Quite the contrary, the location turned out to be a series of narrow buildings, with sections open to each other and lacking any equipment, where dozens of Palestinian families had taken refuge after being forcibly displaced from their homes, some of which have since been completely erased from the civil registry.”
It added: “Euro-Med Monitor field and legal team carried out a survey and preliminary investigation at the Tab’een School, which was providing shelter to over 2,500 displaced people in Gaza City. The team gathered data, recorded the statements of witnesses and survivors, and surveyed the location following the attack. According to all available information and testimonies, there were no military gatherings or centers at the school, and it was never used for military objectives. Survivors testified that the school was providing shelter to hundreds of children whose families felt safe there.”
“Mohammed Al-Kahlout, a displaced person and victim of the attack at the school, affirmed to the Euro-Med Monitor team that he did not see any combatants or military presence in the school while he was there. I was getting ready to go pray, and I could have been with them in a few moments”.
“This is Habiba, my sister & my love. She was only 2.5 years old, playing when a missile struck and killed her along with my cousin.”
🚨 These are the words of a child, not even 5 years old, saying farewell to her sister, who was killed by the Israeli army in an attack on #Gaza. pic.twitter.com/wctYEyiSTZ
— Nour Naim| نُور (@NourNaim88) August 11, 2024
Al-Kahlout added “Three missiles or large bombs fired by Israeli planes caused the massacre. I felt extremely afraid. The bodies and limbs were mutilated and burned when I arrived; there were mounds of burnt flesh. After several weeks at the school, I had not witnessed any armed militants or manifestations. I always pray in the prayer hall, and everyone there is a civilian. Both my relative, Professor Youssef Al-Kahlout, and numerous civilians were killed in the attack. Above the prayer hall was the women’s prayer hall, which was designated to accommodate women, and everyone in it was killed.” Full Report By Euro-Med
In a statement, on August 9, EuroMed, said “The Israeli army is increasingly targeting schools that provide shelter for the displaced population in Gaza City, killing and wounding hundreds of them in the process. It has also issued orders for the illegal forced evacuation of Gaza from the north to the south, in a systematic effort fueled by revenge to drive residents from their homes and places of displacement and rob them of any stability.
In just eight days, Israeli aircraft attacked nine schools in Gaza City that served as shelters for thousands of displaced people. They destroyed the schools above the heads of the occupants, killing 79 Palestinians and injuring 143 more—mostly women and children—in addition to several other victims who were buried beneath the rubble and could not be retrieved due to the lack of the necessary tools.”
The Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA) quoted the Palestinian Health Ministry stating in a statement released late last night, that “more than 310 healthcare workers have been abducted, and 130 ambulances have been destroyed by the Israeli army in Gaza and added that healthcare facilities and their staff in the West Bank have faced over 340 Israeli attacks during the same period.
The Health Ministry affirmed that the deliberate targeting of medical infrastructure has severely hampered citizens’ access to essential healthcare services. The worsening conditions related to water and sanitation, compounded by overcrowding, have led to a rise in preventable diseases and premature deaths, according to the statement.
The ministry added, “Gaza is now confronting a public health disaster due to unsafe water resources and a lack of basic hygiene necessities for over 1.7 million forcibly displaced individuals.”
The statement also noted a critical shortage of healthcare workers and medical supplies, including anesthesia and antibiotics, which has left healthcare providers struggling to save lives.
The Ministry of Health called for unconditional humanitarian aid to address the severe shortages and assist in the evacuation of the wounded to receive life-saving medical treatment abroad.
The Palestinian Health Ministry said that, in the last 24 hours, the Israeli army committed three massacres of families in the Gaza Strip, killing and wounding dozens of Palestinians, among them 40 slain Palestinians and 140 injured who were moved to hospitals, in addition to many who remain under the rubble.
The Health Ministry added that Israel has now killed 39.790 Palestinians, including more than 16.365 children and 11.012 women, and injured more than 91.702, mostly children, women, and elderly, in addition to the thousands (about 10.000, including 4.700 children and women) who remain under the rubble, in various parts of the Gaza Strip, since October 7, 2023.
The Health Ministry added that also among the slain Palestinians are 882 medical staff, including 500 health workers and 79 Civil Defense, more than 165 journalists, 496 educational staff, and 203 UN staff.
