The Israeli assault on Gaza continued non-stop throughout the day and night Wednesday, with Palestinians continue to flee for their lives and suffer under a crushing blockade that has caused widespread malnutrition, starvation and preventable infectious diseases. US and other international logistics companies are now trying to charge exorbitant amounts of money to bring aid in to the starving population, while Israeli forces keep the borders tightly sealed with no aid allowed to enter.
According to Al Jazeera, at least 93 people were killed in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip on Wednesday. Al Jazeera reported that Israeli forces continued their bombardment of Gaza with a series of deadly attacks, including a strike on a warehouse housing displaced Palestinians in Deir el-Balah which has killed at least nine people.
At least four people were killed by an Israeli air strike on a house in the as-Saftawi area near Gaza City in northern Gaza. Israeli forces have continued their siege on northern Gaza’s al-Awda Hospital, with tanks firing on hospital buildings, including the specialised surgery department. The Israeli army has allowed around 90 aid trucks to enter Gaza, the first to do so in months, but UN officials have called the shipment a “drop in the ocean” of what is needed.
11:23 pm
Five civilians were killed on Tuesday night in Israeli airstrikes on northern Gaza Strip.
A WAFA correspondent said that five members of the Halawa family were killed when an Israeli drone bombed civilians in the town of Jabalia, north of the Gaza Strip.
10:00 pm
Three Palestinians were killed and others injured when Israeli occupation forces shelled Khan Yunis city, south of the Gaza Strip.
A Wafa news correspondent said that the Israeli occupation forces bombed a group of citizens in the Al-Amal neighborhood, west of the city, killing three of them and wounding others.
The Israeli occupation army also threatened citizens in several areas in the northern Gaza Strip, namely ” the neighborhoods of Ghaban, Al-Shimaa, Fadous, Al-Manshiya, Sheikh Zayed, Al-Sultans, Al-Karama, Beit Lahia Project, Al-Zahour, Tal Al-Zaatar, Al-Nour, Abdul Rahman, Al-Nahda and Jabalia camp,” demanding that they evacuate them.
6:54 pm
Six citizens were killed on Wednesday when Israeli warplanes bombed two houses in the southern and northern Gaza Strip.
A Wafa news correspondent reported that three citizens were killed in an Israeli airstrike on the Abu Shamala family home in the Al-Amal neighborhood, west of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip.
Israeli occupation aircraft also bombed the Al-Nader family’s home in Jabalia, north of the Gaza Strip, killing three citizens and wounding others.
Nine civilians were killed in an Israeli bombing that targeted a camp housing displaced persons near a water tank in the Al-Baraka area of Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, according to Quds News. The victims were identified as:
Ghassan Hajjaj Abdullah Abu al-Hussain, 48 years old
Saba Ghassan Hajjaj Abu al-Hussain, 19 years old
Bisan Ghassan Hajjaj Abu al-Hussain, 22 years old
Muhammad Ghassan Hajjaj Abu al-Hussain, 13 years old
Muath Tariq Subh Abu al-Hussain, 35 years old
Ahmad Muath Tariq Abu al-Hussain, 10 years old
Sham Muath Tariq Abu al-Hussain, 7 years old
Hana Mustafa Subh Abu al-Hussain, 51 years old
Maysara Walid Muhammad Abu al-Hussain, 48 years old
2:24 pm
Nine citizens were killed and others injured when Israeli warplanes bombed a gathering of citizens in Al-Daraj neighborhood in Gaza City.
A short while earlier, four citizens were killed when Israeli aircraft bombed a gathering of civilians on Al-Nafaq Street in central Gaza City.
The Palestinian government’s emergency operations room in the southern governorates confirmed that what Israel is promoting regarding opening the crossings and allowing the entry of humanitarian aid is completely false, as the crossings have been closed for the 83rd consecutive day, amid escalating crimes of genocide.
In a statement issued Wednesday, the agency condemned the continued closure of the crossings, despite the Israeli occupation’s claims days ago that it was allowing the flow of humanitarian and medical aid, noting that all trucks remain stuck and have not yet been allowed to enter. According to the Palestinian agency, this procrastination appears deliberate on the part of the Israeli government, as part of a prelude to the implementation of a new Israeli plan aimed at neutralizing UN agencies working in the humanitarian field and militarizing aid. A number of private logistics companies have already begun communicating with humanitarian organizations, offering their services to transport aid into the Gaza Strip. The aid would be delivered to specific entities at a hefty cost exceeding 130,000 shekels per truck.
The Operations Room called on the international community and United Nations institutions to urgently intervene to permanently end the blockade imposed on the Gaza Strip, halt the war of extermination against civilians, and save the lives of innocent children, women, the elderly, and the sick, who face daily death threats due to the depletion of medicines and the disruption of most hospitals.
The agency also stressed the need to deliver humanitarian aid only through UN agencies, warning of the repercussions of the ongoing policy of starvation, thirst, mass killing, and forced displacement, which is causing hundreds of deaths daily, including families completely wiped out and erased from the civil registry, in addition to the spread of disease and malnutrition among citizens of all ages.
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11:50 am
Medical sources announced the killing of more than 20 citizens, including a number of children, before dawn on Wednesday, in Israeli shelling of various areas in the Gaza Strip.
Wafa News correspondents reported that 11 citizens were killed and 13 others were injured when the Nabhan family home was targeted on Al-Nuzha Street in Jabalia Al-Balad, north of the Gaza Strip.
Five civilians, including three children, one of whom was an infant, were also killed when Israeli warplanes bombed a house in Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip.
In the southern Gaza Strip, four citizens were killed and others were injured when Israeli aircraft bombed the Abu Salah family home in the town of Abasan al-Kabira, east of Khan Yunis. Three citizens were also killed in a bombing of a home in the Ma’an area, south of Khan Yunis.
The Israeli occupation army also carried out a bombing operation against a number of buildings west of the town of Beit Lahia, north of the Gaza Strip.
In Gaza City before dawn, four Palestinian civilians were killed and others injured in an Israeli bombing.
A Wafa news correspondent reported that two Palestinian citizens were killed and several others were injured when the Israeli occupation air force bombed a group of citizens in the Al-Maghazi camp in the central Gaza Strip.
Two citizens were killed in an Israeli airstrike on the Al-Sha’af area in the Al-Tuffah neighborhood, east of Gaza City.
The Israeli occupation forces targeted Al-Fakhari School, which houses displaced persons in the town east of Khan Yunis, without causing any casualties. An Israeli drone also opened fire on civilians in the European housing area of the town.
According to the Palestinian Health Ministry,all hospitals in the Gaza Strip are suffering from a lack of oil and spare parts needed for generators.
– Hospitals are operating with limited fuel supplies, threatening the continued provision of emergency medical care to the wounded and sick.
– We renew our urgent appeal to the relevant authorities to pressure the occupation to allow the entry of generators and increase fuel supplies.
UNRWA spokesperson Louise Waterridge said that hunger in Gaza is only part of the horrors that the people there are currently experiencing.
During her online participation in the weekly press conference of the United Nations Office in Geneva, she stated that there is enough food in UNRWA warehouses in the Jordanian capital, Amman, to feed 200,000 people for a month. The problem is getting it into Gaza with the Israeli blockade in place. She added: “Aid is three hours away from the Gaza Strip, yet we still see pictures of malnourished children and hear stories of dire living conditions. These supplies should be in Gaza by now. There is no time to waste .”
Waterridge said that after 11 weeks of Israeli authorities tightening their blockade on the Gaza Strip, only five trucks were allowed to enter – a tiny fraction of the thousands that are needed and waiting to enter..
The Israeli occupation authorities continue their systematic starvation policy targeting approximately 2.4 million people in Gaza, closing the crossings to aid supplies piling up on the border since March 2nd, plunging the Strip into famine and claiming the lives of many Palestinian civilians – children and babies in particular, as they are especially prone to the impact of malnutrition.
