The Israeli occupation army has intensified its bombardment across the devastated, starved, and besieged Gaza Strip on the 45th day since the resumption of the genocide, killing and wounding dozens of Palestinians.
Video shows the moment Israel’s military bombed more tents in Gaza, targeting shelters for displaced Palestinian civilians in Khan Younis and al-Mawasi. pic.twitter.com/53mHZ6nX7I
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) April 30, 2025
Medical sources in Rafah have confirmed that three Palestinian farmers were killed, and one was injured, when the targeted farmers on their lands to feed their starving families, in the Mawasi area, west of Rafah.
In addition, Israeli airstrikes destroyed the home of journalist Ali Islaih’s family in the Al-Manara neighborhood, south of Khan Younis.
Also in Khan Younis, a female Palestinian child and a young man were killed, and several others injured, in Israeli bombings of several parts of the city.
Medical sources reported that Palestinian woman Kholoud Najjar succumbed to injuries sustained days earlier when Israeli forces bombed her home in Qizan Al-Najjar, south of Khan Younis.
Another Palestinian was killed, and several others were wounded, in an Israeli strike targeting a group of civilians in Qizan Al-Najjar.
Rescue teams recovered the body of a child who had been killed days earlier in an Israeli airstrike on an apartment in Al-Quds Tower, located in Al-Bureij refugee camp.
Also, Palestinian citizen Mariam Karaz died from injuries she sustained in an Israeli strike days earlier in the Kafa Zeitouna area of Deir Al-Balah.
The child Malak Salhiya is enduring excruciating pain after being injured in an Israeli airstrike, as severe infections have spread through her hands and feet. Medical professionals warn of the imminent risk of am-puta-tion amid a complete lack of medication due to the closure of… pic.twitter.com/hqds5fklor
— Eye on Palestine (@EyeonPalestine) April 30, 2025
Several Palestinians were also injured in an Israeli bombing of a Palestinian home, in the eastern area of Deir Al-Balah.
In Gaza city, Israeli artillery shelled the vicinity of Al-Maslak Street in the Zeitoun neighborhood, in the eastern part of the city.
The neighborhoods of Al-Shuja’iyya and Al-Tuffah endured a series of airstrikes throughout the night.
Medical sources have reported that Palestinian youth Raed Awadallah Al-Zaanin was killed, and others were wounded, in an Israeli strike on Beit Hanoun, in northern Gaza.
Also, a child, Bushra Muhanna, only 13 years of age, died in the Baptist Hospital in Gaza due to lack of food and medical supplies.
5 month-old Palestinian infant Siwar Ashour is suffering from severe malnutrition & acute dehydration: just another facet of israeli genocide pic.twitter.com/92cjvLuruN
— Sarah Wilkinson (@swilkinsonbc) April 30, 2025
Israeli artillery also shelled the vicinity of Omar School and Al-Barka area in northwestern Beit Lahia.
Also in Beit Lahia, at least three Palestinians were killed and several others injured by Israeli shells and missiles in the city.
It is worth mentioning that Israeli forces fired dozens of shells between Rafah and Khan Younis in southern Gaza as part of an expansion of the Morag military axis.
Images released by the Israeli army show further destruction of residential blocks in western and central Rafah, following the complete demolition of the city’s southern areas.
In early April, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that Israeli forces had taken control of what he called the “Morag axis” in southern Gaza. This newly designated corridor spans agricultural land between Khan Younis and Rafah, running east to west across the Gaza Strip.
Notably, parts of this area had previously been labeled by the Israeli military as a “humanitarian zone,” where displaced Palestinians were instructed to seek shelter—before the army began bombing the area.
The term “axis” or “corridor” had not been used to describe this region until Netanyahu’s announcement. The name “Morag” refers to an illegal Israeli colony that was established in the area in 1972 and remained until its dismantling in 2005.
The Health Ministry reported that hospitals in Gaza received 51 fatalities—including one whose body was recovered—and 113 wounded in the past 24 hours.
Between March 18, when Israel refused to extend the ceasefire, and April 29, 2025, Israeli forces have killed at least 2,308 Palestinians and wounded more than 5,973.
Since October 7, 2023, Israel has killed at least 52,400 Palestinians, including more than 15,626 children, 9,807 women, 3,854 elderly individuals, 236 journalists, 300 UNRWA staff, and 1,502 medical personnel. More than 118,014 people—largely children, women, and the elderly—have been wounded across the devastated coastal enclave. Thousands remain missing, many trapped beneath the rubble of destroyed buildings across Gaza.
