The Israeli bombardment continued unabated on Thursday, following an escalation on Wednesday in which over 100 Palestinian civilians were killed in a single day by US-funded Israeli bombs. An as-yet unknown number of Palestinian civilians were killed and injured, Thursday morning, in the ongoing Israeli shelling of various areas in the Gaza Strip.
The death toll from the Israeli occupation forces’ genocidal war and aggression on the Gaza Strip has risen to 52,760 killed and 119,264 wounded since October 7, 2023 .
Medical sources reported that the death toll includes 2,651 killed and 7,223 wounded since March 18, when the Israeli occupation resumed its aggression on the Gaza Strip, breaking the ceasefire that was carefully negotiated and put in place January 31.
Over the past 24 hours, Israeli forces killed 106 and injured 367 Palestinians. A number of victims remain under the rubble and debris and in the streets, unable to be reached by ambulances and civil defense teams .
For more than 66 days, the Israeli occupation has prevented the entry of fuel, spare parts, and medical supplies into the Gaza Strip, leading to a near-collapse of the health sector, amid warnings of an impending catastrophe that could wipe out what little life remains in the few hospitals still operating.
Medical source confirmed that “what is happening is a systematic plan to put all hospitals out of service and slowly kill the wounded by blocking ambulances, cutting off electricity, and preventing the entry of medicines and even basic vaccinations for children.”This humanitarian crisis comes amidst the displacement of more than 90% of Gaza’s citizens from their homes due to Israeli displacement. Some have experienced this situation more than once, living in overcrowded shelters or out in the open, which has increased the spread of diseases and epidemics.
This humanitarian crisis comes amidst the displacement of more than 90% of Gaza’s citizens from their homes due to Israeli displacement. Some have experienced this situation more than once, living in overcrowded shelters or out in the open, which has increased the spread of diseases and epidemics.
Update 11:59 pm:
Seven Palestinians, including two girls, were killed and dozens were injured when Israeli warplanes bombed Beit Hanoun town in the northern Gaza Strip and al-Nuseirat refugee camp in the center of the Strip.
A Wafa news correspondent reported that Israeli warplanes bombed a home appliance store near the entrance to the Nuseirat refugee camp, killing four civilians, including two girls, and wounding 27 others, including four children and five women.
Three citizens were also killed when Israeli warplanes bombed the Al-Za’anin family home, near a sports stadium in the northern town of Beit Hanoun.
Seven Palestinians were killed and others injured on Thursday afternoon when Israeli warplanes bombed a gathering of civilians west of Gaza City.
Wafa news correspondents said that Israeli aircraft bombed a fish market belonging to the Abu Hasira family behind the Al-Amal Hotel west of Gaza City, killing seven citizens and wounding others.
In the pediatric ward of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, the only sound is the sound of oxygen machines that could stop at any moment, as the fuel for the generators is about to run out.
With the Gaza Strip facing a complete power outage, hospitals rely on generators as their sole source of energy. However, these generators are at risk of shutting down at any moment due to the severe fuel shortage and lack of spare parts, a consequence of the blockade imposed by the Israeli occupation and the destruction of many of them during the ongoing aggression.
Medical sources reported that the fuel available to Gaza’s hospitals is only sufficient for a few days, warning that the occupation’s continued obstruction of fuel supplies “threatens to bring them to a complete standstill.”
updated from 11:15 am report:
Medical sources reported that the death toll from the Israeli bombing of the Rayan family home near the Tel al-Rabi’ School in the town of Beit Lahia, north of the Gaza Strip, has risen to five, while rescue crews are still struggling to extract a woman trapped under the rubble of the targeted house.
The sources added that two citizens were killed when the occupation forces bombed a house in the Shuja’iyya neighborhood, east of Gaza City.
She added that a girl was killed and four others were injured as a result of Israeli artillery shelling of the tents of displaced people west of Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip, while a child was injured by Israeli bullets in the foot near the Al-Sumoud camp in Al-Mawasi.
Local sources said that two fishermen were injured by Israeli naval fire off the coast of Khan Yunis, while Israeli artillery shelled the city’s Al-Batn Al-Sameen area.
The body of a child who went missing after the occupation forces bombed a school housing displaced persons in Al-Bureij camp two days ago was found this morning.
Mourning those killed on Wednesday – al-Shifa Hospital (what remains of the hospital after Israel occupied it last year for over a month and killed an estimated 200 people inside, including doctors, patients and families – many of whom showed signs of having been tortured and executed):
Since October 7, 2023, the occupation has been committing genocidal crimes in Gaza, leaving more than 171,000 dead and wounded, most of them children and women, and more than 11,000 missing.
Also Thursday, 113 human rights networks and organizations from around the world launched an urgent appeal, calling on the UN Security Council to impose immediate sanctions on the Israeli occupation and halt the crime of genocide and starvation.
Speaking in front of the House of Commons on Tuesday, independent British MP Jeremy Corbyn called on the UK government to “cease all arms supply and military cooperation with Israel…This is the time for the British government to say: no more — no weapons, no cooperation, no support. To save lives in Gaza”.
Meanwhile, the World Kitchen International (WCK) announced that it has suspended all its humanitarian operations in the Gaza Strip after food and cooking fuel stocks ran out .
In a statement, the organization confirmed that it had provided more than 130 million meals and distributed approximately 26 million loaves of bread over the past 18 months, but that it was no longer able to continue this vital support given the current situation .
The organization pointed out that trucks carrying aid and fuel to operate its kitchens have been on the border since the beginning of last March .
Since March 2, the Israeli occupation has closed the Gaza Strip’s crossings to the entry of food, relief, medical aid, and goods, causing a significant deterioration in the humanitarian situation of citizens .
