On the 65th day of the Israeli army onslaught on the war-torn and devastated coastal region, hundreds of Palestinians were killed and injured, mostly women, children, and the elderly.
Israeli missiles and shells killed more than ten Palestinians, mainly children, and injured dozens, in addition to many who remain buried under the rubble of a home of the Abdul-Wahab family, west of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.
The Israeli army also fired artillery shells at homes and buildings around the European Hospital in Khan Younis, causing many casualties.
At least one Israeli artillery shell struck close to the Jordanian Field Hospital in Khan Younis, causing damage to its equipment.
Also in Khan Younis, 62 Palestinians were killed, and dozens injured after the army fired missiles, shells, and toxic smoke bombs in the Al-Hawouz area near Nasser Hospital.
More than 45 Palestinians were killed, and dozens injured in several areas in the central part of the coastal enclave.
Medical sources at the Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir Al-Balah, in central Gaza, said dozens of slain and wounded Palestinians were moved to the medical center after the army bombarded their homes and buildings.
In the Al-Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza, at least five Palestinians were killed, and dozens injured when the army fired a missile at a home for the Mousa family and a building for the Musallam family.
In the Al-Boreij refugee camp in central Gaza, seven Palestinians were killed, and many were injured when the Israeli army fired a missile at a home of the Al-Adasi family.
The Israeli war jets fired barrages of missiles at homes and buildings in Deir Al-Balah, the refugee camps of Nusseirat and Al-Maghazi, and the Zawaida area in central Gaza Strip, in addition to the Tuffah and Sheja’eyya areas, east of Gaza City, and dozens of areas in northern Gaza, including intense bombings of the Jabalia refugee camp, in Jabalia in northern Gaza.
At least nineteen Palestinians from one family, including children, were killed and dozens were injured after an airstrike targeted in Nusseirat in central Gaza.
The Al-Awda Hospital in Jabalia said the army continued its siege on the medical center for the second day and added that the soldiers shot and killed a doctor inside one of its buildings on Friday.
In Jabalia city, the army fired missiles at a six-story building for the Madi family, killing dozens of Palestinians, especially women and children.
Dozens of Palestinians, mainly women and children, were killed, and dozens more were injured when the army fired missiles at a residential building for the Abu Warda family, where dozens of families sheltered, in Jabalia.
More than 300 Palestinians were killed by Israeli missiles in the Gaza Strip after the army bombarded many medical facilities, including Al-Amal Hospital and the headquarters of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society in Khan Younis.
The Gaza European Hospital issued an urgent appeal after the medical center became unable to cope with the very large numbers of casualties and the lack of medical supplies and fuel.
The hospital has more than 1000 patients and wounded Palestinians and is providing shelter for 70.000 Palestinians who fled their homes due to the constant Israeli bombing.
In addition, the Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates said a Jordanian woman, her Gazan husband and their family, have been killed by Israeli missiles Saturday.
Infection rates and transmissible diseases in the Gaza Strip, especially in centers where hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are sheltering, have reached an epidemic, an issue that is posing serious risks to the Palestinians, especially due to overcrowded centers and facilities.
There have been serious increases in diarrhea and acute infections, including skin, wound, and internal infections, while people with special needs, including paralysis, in addition to pregnant women, are facing extremely dire conditions, including infections, skin breakdown, sores, and various complications.
The Health Ministry said approximately 1.9 million Palestinians (%85 of the population in the Gaza Strip) have been internally displaced; about 1.2 Million have been registered at 151 UNRWA facilities, including about a million in southern Gaza.
More than %60 of the buildings (280.00 structures), including homes, residential towers, medical facilities, and government and private facilities, have been destroyed by Israeli missiles and shells.
On Saturday, the Israeli army announced the death of four of its soldiers during exchanges of fire in the Gaza Strip and added that one soldier succumbed to earlier wounds.
The number of Israeli soldiers who were killed since the army initiated the ground offensive on Gaza is at least 102, and about 420 since the bombing on Gaza began.
One of the killed soldiers is a 22-year-old soldier who was filmed ordering a strike on Palestinian homes as a “gift for his daughter on her second birthday,” the Maan News agency said.
Israeli officials said there is no timeframe for the offensive on Gaza; Israeli Minister of Energy, Israel Katz, said “the army must be granted all the time it needs.”
Far-right, fanatic Israeli Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben-Gvir, told Israeli Channel 12 that “the American President Joe Biden and his administration did not require a timeframe for the operations.”
Israeli sources said that the current offensive on Gaza has no timeframe but will likely continue for two more months and that at the end of those months, there will be no ceasefire, as the military will perform limited operations and will remain in the Gaza Strip after controlling the entire coastal enclave.
It is worth mentioning that the United States sent Israel tens of thousands of bombs since October 7, the Washington Post said stated that rights groups and a growing block within the Democratic Party are intensifying scrutiny of the arms flow.
U.S. President Joe Biden is seeking billions of additional dollars and more military aid to Israel, after the Israeli army already dropped more than 22.000 bombs on Gaza.
At least 17.700 Palestinians were killed and 48.700 injured in the Gaza Strip, in addition to 274 Palestinians killed and more than 33.000 injured in the West Bank, since October 7, the Health Ministry reported on Friday evening.
