Israel kills nearly 150 people in 48 hours, the worst death toll in Gaza in weeks
This Saturday the Israeli army provoked Massacre in northern city of GazaAt least 48 fatalities were reported in attacks against three residential neighbourhoods, shortly after the local health ministry announced a hundred deaths in the Strip since yesterday afternoon, the worst toll in weeks.
In videos circulating on social networks, injured Gazans at the Al Shati refugee camp in Gaza City can be seen emerging from the smoke and dust, their faces and clothes turned grey by the collapse of buildings, in addition to an atmosphere of widespread panic and ruined buildings.
It is estimated in Al Shati At least 22 people have diedAccording to rescue teams, they regret being unable to reach all the injured who are still trapped in the collapse.
“Ambulance personnel are being denied access to bombed areas; civil protection capabilities are not proportionate to the magnitude of the destruction and it is difficult for us to reach victims,” a Red Crescent spokesman in Gaza said in a statement today.
In a second attack on the Al Tuffah neighborhood, east of Gaza City, another 19 bodies, including children, were recovered from the rubble and another 7 bodies in the Zeitun area. 14 people are missing and 50 are injuredAccording to sources in the Hamas government media office.
The Israeli military announced today that it had bombed two “Hamas military infrastructure” points in the Gazan capital with warplanes, but did not provide further details in the statement made hours later. Local media point to a possible assassination attempt on a senior Hamas official Which could provoke attacks.
The Islamist group Hamas in a statement today regretted the “barbaric attack on unarmed civilians” by Israel, which it called “a massacre that has continued for more than eight months in blatant contempt and defiance of all laws and norms that prohibit attacking civilians”.
EU calls for independent probe
Just yesterday, in another attack, which the Israeli military claimed to have investigated, at least 25 Gazans were killed and fifty injured, according to the local health ministry. Tanks fire on displaced people’s tents in northern RafahIn the Al Mawasi area, where many displaced people live.
“After a preliminary investigation, the IDF (Israeli army) They did not launch any direct attacks against Red Cross facilities“The incident will be promptly investigated and its findings presented to our international partners,” a military statement repeated this Saturday.
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) yesterday denounced that its office, “surrounded by hundreds of displaced civilians living in tents”, was damaged by bombing nearby and regretted the threat to the lives of civilians and humanitarians.
This Saturday, the European Union’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, called for an “independent investigation” into the attack and warned that the Red Cross in Gaza must be able to carry out its tasks under the Convention of Geneva, which includes humanitarian protection and victim assistance.
in the southern city of Rafah, Israel continues to expand into the northern and western regionsOutside its control, apart from the so-called Philadelphia corridor, a 14-kilometre strip along the dividing line with Egypt that the army is emptying of buildings
More than 37,550 Palestinians have been killed since the war began
The military spokesman elaborated, “The army continued to carry out selective operations based on intelligence in the Rafah region. During the last day, the troops destroyed terrorist infrastructure in the area and killed a number of armed terrorists.”
Since the war began, 260 days ago today, More than 37,550 Palestinians have been killed and another 85,900 injuredWhile dozens of Palestinian families have been completely or partially destroyed, according to health sources dependent on Hamas.
Five Palestinians were killed in Israeli bombing in Gaza and Rafah this morning
This morning, at least five more Palestinians have died Israeli OperationThe fighting overnight was concentrated in Rafah on the southern edge of the Strip and Gaza City in the north, according to the Palestinian news agency Wafa.
“Three civilians were killed and others were injured, including women and childrenThe Israeli airstrike, which targeted a residential building near Al Jawahra Tower – the remains of a prestigious office building – was bombed in the centre of the Gazan capital in 2014, Wafa reports.
Massive protests against Netanyahu in Israel
Meanwhile, thousands of protesters in Israel have once again taken to the streets of the country’s main cities. to protest against the government of Prime Minister Benjamin NetanyahuRequest the calling of early elections and seek an agreement for the release of hostages in the Gaza Strip.
The biggest demonstrations have once again taken place in Tel AvivWhere they chanted slogans such as “Alive, alive and not in bags”, in what is estimated to be the largest protest since October 7.
According to the digital edition of the newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth, organisers claim that around 150,000 people have supported the protest. Demonstrations have also taken place in Jerusalem, Haifa, Beersheba and other cities.