Updated: On Tuesday dawn, Day 340 of the ongoing genocide of the Palestinians in the devastated, destroyed, and starved Gaza Strip, Israeli missiles killed and injured dozens of Palestinians, including killing more than 40 and wounding 60, largely children and women, in addition to dozens who remain missing in Mawasi Khan Younis, in the southern part of the coastal enclave.
Update: 10:30 pm
A Palestinian was killed and others were injured on Tuesday evening, when the Israeli occupation forces bombed a residential apartment in Al-Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.
Medical sources said that ambulance crews and citizens transferred a body of a killed Palestinian and several wounded people to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, after the Israeli occupation’s air force targeted a floor in a residential building at the entrance to Al-Bureij camp.
The Israeli occupation forces continue their aggression on the Gaza Strip, by land, sea and air, since October 7, 2023, which resulted in the killing of at least 41,020 citizens, the majority of whom are children and women, and the injury of 94,925 others, while thousands of victims are still under the rubble and on the roads, and ambulance and civil defense crews cannot reach them.
Daily Night in #Gaza
Another new massacre. The #israeli occupation forces have targeted the house of Al-Najjar family Jabalia refugee camp, north of #Gaza, resulted in the martydom of 9 Palestinians and several injured#GazaGenocide pic.twitter.com/wvRc2Gzz0t— Leyla🇹🇷🇵🇸🍉✌️ (@Leyla_Gaza) September 10, 2024
Israeli Bombing in Gaza ‘Humanitarian Zone’ Kills at Least 19, Officials Say: The Israeli airstrike, which the military said targeted Hamas militants, appeared to use 2,000-pound bombs, which Israel has been criticized for using in heavily populated areas. https://t.co/SL7yBWn70X
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Update: The Israeli army bombarded the Shawwa Square area, east of Gaza City, killing five Palestinians and causing several injuries.
Medical sources said the Israeli army “committed a new massacre in the Gaza Strip early Tuesday morning by launching extensive airstrikes targeting the displaced families’ tents in Mawasi Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.”
The sources added that the “massacre, which took place near the British Hospital at the entrance to the Mawasi area, resulted in the death and injury of dozens of Palestinians, including a large number of children and women.”
Palestinian paramedics said that more than 40 Palestinians were killed and at least 60 were injured, largely women and children.
⚡️BREAKING: 40 martyrs and 60 wounded in the Israeli strike on Al-Mawasi, Khan Yunis that targeted 20 TENTS where displaced civilians were sheltering.
According to Civil Defense; the crater is 10 meters wide. This crater marks the location where 20 tents once stood but no longer… pic.twitter.com/kEiSRPiICs
— Suppressed News. (@SuppressedNws) September 9, 2024
Palestinian Civil Defense medics and rescue teams said that they are “facing one of the most heinous massacres since the beginning of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip,” and added that “entire families were buried under the sand due to the blasts from the missiles.”
Media reports from the area indicated that the army fired five missiles at the tents, killing and wounding dozens and causing about nine-meter-deep craters in the ground, which increased the difficulty for rescue teams and medical crews in reaching the victims.
Following the attack, Israeli reconnaissance planes and drones were seen flying over the area, amid a complete power outage and fires.
Watch Al-Jazeera English report about the attack in Mawasi Khan Younis
Eyewitnesses and paramedics from the Palestinian Red Crescent said that medical teams are facing great challenges in retrieving the bodies and the injured due to the massive destruction and deep craters.
They added that a large number of ambulances transported the slain and injured Palestinians to field hospitals and nearby medical centers, while rescue teams continue to search for the missing.
“Ahmed doesn’t have much time left for you to save his life.”
5-year-old Ahmed Hammad could die if the battery in his pacemaker isn’t replaced soon. pic.twitter.com/5Dqo58cNyg
— AJ+ (@ajplus) September 9, 2024
The Hamas movement refuted the Israeli allegations regarding the presence of a “command center” in the area and added that “Israel continues to commit massacres of entire families and then tries to justify them by coming up with false allegations to justify the massacres.”
It added that “this brutal targeting of unarmed civilians, including women, children, and the elderly, confirms the continuation of the genocidal war against the Palestinians.”
Hamas also said the Israeli allegations “are blatant falsehoods intended to rationalize these heinous acts,” and added it has “continuously asserted that the resistance has no presence of its members in civilian assemblies or the utilization of such locations for military activities.”
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has denounced the recent Israeli assault on Palestinians in what has been described as a “safe area” in Gaza, specifically citing the al-Mawasi incident.
Nihad Awad, the National Executive Director of CAIR, criticized Israel’s “far-right genocidal” administration for employing “one-ton Biden bombs” to carry out what he termed a massacre, likening the treatment of Palestinians to that of “sheep for the slaughter” rather than recognizing their humanity and right to life and freedom.
It is worth mentioning that Israeli Channel 12 reported that the far-right Jewish Power Party, led by National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, will continue to oppose the “illegal” deal with Hamas, describing the Israeli president’s call to form a unity government to return the detainees as “irresponsible.”
Philippe Lazzarini, the head of UNRWA, has stated that the status of a polio vaccination campaign scheduled for tomorrow in northern Gaza remains uncertain, following the detention and threats directed at UN personnel by Israeli forces as they were en route to initiate the program.
Israel has now killed at least 40.988 Palestinians, including 16.673 children and 11.269 women, and injured more than 94.825, in addition to the thousands (about 10.000) of missing Palestinians, largely buried under the rubble of bombarded homes, and buildings, and in destroyed alleys, across the Gaza Strip, since October 7. 2023.
Also among the slain Palestinians are 885 medical staff, 82 civil defense, 172 journalists, 496 educational staff and 203 UNRWA staff.
