On Tuesday, Day 346 of the ongoing genocide in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli army, Air Force, and navy continued the bombing and shelling of various areas of the devastated, starved, and besieged coastal enclave, killing and wounding dozens of Palestinians, including many children and women. The attacks on civilians Tuesday included killing a well-known journalist and his entire family, killing a popular teacher and her entire family, and wiping whole families off the civil registry forever, as all members of the family have been killed.
Update 11:50 PM:
According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, at least 23 people were killed and over 50 others injured following the Israeli airstrike on al-Bureij camp on Tuesday.
“The Israeli occupation bombed several homes belonging to the families of Al-Tarturi, Abu Shawqa, and Al-Batran, in Al-Bureij camp … dozens are still trapped under the rubble,” Palestinian news agency Wafa reported.
Seven people from the same family have been pronounced dead in the aftermath of the strike on the camp.
Journalist Mohammad abu Shoga has been MURDERED along with his family in #Israeli_bombing of Al Burij refugee camp! pic.twitter.com/2jPmJDBzq0
— Motasem A Dalloul (@AbujomaaGaza) September 17, 2024
The Palestinian Civil Defense in the Gaza Strip has called on the International Red Cross “to rescue dozens of people trapped under the rubble”, adding, “The [Israeli] occupation used destructive American-made bombs in its bombing of the residential block”.
“Dozens of distress calls have been received from inside the homes targeted by the occupation … entire families have been erased from the civil registry in the Al-Bureij massacre,” the Civil Defense added.
The victims of this air raid are displaced Palestinians who made their way back to their homes in the past few weeks.
They made their way back to the Bureij camp and that’s when they were attacked by the Israeli military.
For more than five hours now, paramedics have been largely unable to reach the site of the air strike and rescue those still trapped under the rubble.
Hamas and other Palestinian resistance groups have strongly condemned the massacre.
⚡️BREAKING: Dr. Ziad Mohammad Al-Dalu, the Deputy Director of the Internal Medicine Department at Al-Shifa Hospital, has died while in Israeli prison.
Arrested on March 19, 2024, he reportedly suffered severe torture prior to his death. pic.twitter.com/1xIrScU1sw
— Khalissee (@Kahlissee) September 17, 2024
“Al-Nuseirat Camp: Suheir Muhammad Washah, her husband, and all their children were killed in the bombing of their home in Al-Bureij camp, central Gaza Strip.” https://t.co/Tns3VXcsA4
— FlyingBeagle (@FlyingBeagle_) September 18, 2024
🚨The Israeli army kills teacher Suhair Washah (Al-Tartori) from Al-Bureij Secondary School, along with her husband & children, in a horrific massacre by bombing a group of homes and their residents in central #Gaza Strip pic.twitter.com/X7yGjwcKTl
— Nour Naim| نُور (@NourNaim88) September 17, 2024
Two Palestinians were killed and others injured tonight when the Israeli occupation forces bombed a house in Al-Sikka Street in Al-Zeitoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City.
Israel has now killed at least 41,226 Palestinians, including more than 16.673 children, and 11.269 women, and injured more than 95,413, in an incomplete toll, as thousands of victims are still under the rubble and on the roads, and ambulance and rescue crews cannot reach them.
Among the slain Palestinians are at least 16,640 children, 11,410 women, 183 journalists and 23 emergency responders, 885 medical staff, 82 Civil Defense staff, and 211 UNRWA staff.
Most experts estimate the death toll is much higher – and could be as high as 200,000, when counting both direct and indirect deaths related to the Israeli war on Gaza that began October 7th 2023 when 1100 Israelis were killed, including 700 civilians, inside Israel. Around 500 Israeli soldiers have been killed between October 7th and now – both in Gaza and on the Israeli border with Lebanon.
Israel’s siege now blocks 83% of food aid reaching Gaza.
Gaza doesn’t have enough food for the children. It’s not famine. It’s forced starvation. Forced starvation is an act of genocide. pic.twitter.com/dV9UaHFmpz
— Mohamad Safa (@mhdksafa) September 17, 2024
12:03 PM Report:
Southern Gaza Strip: The Israeli army continued wiring and detonating many homes and buildings, in addition to bombing and shelling many buildings across the Rafah governorate, in Gaza’s southernmost part.
It is worth mentioning that the army began the ground invasion of Rafah on May 7th, after bombing various parts of the city and the governorate.
Media sources said numerous explosions were heard in the past 24 hours due to the destruction of homes in northwest Rafah, in addition to the central and eastern parts of the city.
Medics and rescue teams recovered the body of a Palestinian, Abdullah Wajeeh Abu Zaid, near Al-Madkhal School in Khirbet Al-Adas, and the body of Abdul Fattah Wael Safi in northern Rafah. Additionally, another Palestinian, Mohammad Hamdan Qishta, and his brother Nour Hamdan Qishta were killed in an Israeli drone strike in Khirbet Al-Adas, north of Rafah.
Two Palestinians, including a woman, were also killed in an Israeli airstrike targeting a house belonging to the Abu Sha’ar family in the northern part of Rafah city. They were identified as Eqza’eyya Eyada Abu Sha’ar (Al-Akhras) and Marwan Hussein Ibrahim Abu Sha’ar.
In Khan Younis, six Palestinians, including children, were killed and many were injured in an Israeli airstrike on a bakery where displaced families sheltered in the Somoud camp in Mawasi Khan Younis.
Five of the slain Palestinians were identified as Marzouq Mohammad Salama Al-Sha’ar, Eyad Al-Ghaleet, seven-year-old Mohammad Al-Ustaz, Suzan Hani Al-Zaza, and Moath Hani Al-Zaza. One Palestinian was killed when the army fired a missile at him while he was riding a bicycle in the Qeizan Rashawn area in Khan Younis.
Gaza: A Palestinian father, his wife, and their child were killed and many were injured in an Israeli airstrike targeting a house belonging to the Al-Shami family near the Salaam Mosque in the Sabra neighborhood, southern Gaza City.
At least five Palestinians were killed and many were injured when the army fired shells at displaced residents on Salahuddin Street, in Gaza City’s Zeitoun neighborhood.
One Palestinian was killed and several others injured in an Israeli airstrike on an apartment on Sahaba Street in the Daraj neighborhood, east of Gaza City.
The Israeli artillery also continued heavy shelling on various areas north of Street 8, specifically the Islamic Complex area, in addition to Tal Al-Hawa and the Sabra neighborhoods, south of the city.
Central Gaza Strip: Two Palestinians were killed and seven injured in an airstrike targeting a tent for displaced persons in the Al-Baraka area, south of Deir Al-Balah.
Three Palestinians were killed and 14 injured, including children and women, in an Israeli airstrike on a house belonging to the Mohareb family in Camp 1, in Nusseirat.
Israeli tanks fired many shells at the Al-Asra city, northwest of Nusseirat refugee camp. The army also fired artillery shells targeting the upper floor of the Abu Namous building in the Al-Maghazi refugee camp.
Four Palestinians, including a child, were killed, and many were injured in airstrikes on homes belonging to the Abu Shouqa family, At-Tartouri family, and Al-Batran family in the Al-Boreij refugee camp, in central Gaza Strip.
Rescue teams said many Palestinians remained under the rubble of the bombarded homes in the refugee camp and added that the search is ongoing despite the limited means.
The Civil Defense in Gaza reported receiving numerous distress calls from citizens and injured individuals trapped inside homes targeted by Israeli forces this morning in Block “12” of the Al-Bureij refugee camp, belonging to the Abu Shouqa, Al-Batran, and Al-Tartouri families.
Approximately 80 people are trapped under the rubble following the Israeli bombing of the Al-Bureij refugee camp.
Civil Defense teams reached the area, but Israeli aircraft targeted them, injuring one of our members and forcing us to withdraw due to the danger.
The Civil Defense stated that “entire families had been erased from the civil registry in the Al-Boreij massacre committed by the occupation forces this morning.” The known victims include:
- Abu Yasser Abu Shouqa and his wife
- Umm Hussein Abu Shouqa
- Moatasem Abu Shouqa and his wife
- Al-Basha Abu Shouqa and his wife
- Abu Khalil Abu Shouqa, his wife, and their children
- Moataz Abu Shouqa, his wife, and their son
- The wife of the martyr Hussein Abu Shouqa and her children
Northern Gaza: The army fired barrages of shells and live rounds at several areas, especially east of Jabalia town.
The Palestinian Health Ministry said the Israeli army “committed three massacres against families” in the Gaza Strip in the past 24 hours, killing and wounding dozens of civilians, among them 35 slain residents and more than 76 injured who were moved to hospitals, while many remain under the rubble.
Heartbreaking and painful scenes of the father of the child, Muhammad Al-Ustaz, who arrived at Nasser Complex decapitated due to the ongoing Israeli bombing of displaced families’ tents. #Palestine pic.twitter.com/lQzLsiIgrD
— Ramy Abdu| رامي عبده (@RamAbdu) September 16, 2024
The Palestinian Ministry of Education reported that 11,000 students have been killed since October 7, 2023. Additionally, more than 17,000 students have been injured, and 500 schools and universities have been bombed in the Gaza Strip since that date.
The Health Ministry in Gaza reported that since the beginning of the genocide, the Israeli army has also killed 1,151 medical workers, including 986 who have been officially identified.
The Health Ministry called on the International Committee of the Red Cross to urgently intervene and coordinate to enable its teams to reach these homes and rescue the dozens of trapped citizens.
Israel has now killed at least 41,226 Palestinians, including more than 16.673 children, and 11.269 women, and injured more than 95,413, in addition to the thousands who remain under the rubble of bombarded homes and buildings, in destroyed alleys, and on streets, as medics and rescue operators have been unable to reach them or recover their bodies across the coastal enclave since October 7, 2023.
