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33 Palestinians, including 13 children, were killed today, Sunday, and several others are still missing, in an attack launched by the Israeli army on the town of Jabalia in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.
The Palestinian News Agency “Wafa”, citing local sources, said that Israeli warplanes bombed a house full of residents and displaced people for the “Alloush” family in the Jabalia Al-Balad area.
She said that the bombing completely destroyed the house, and 33 people were recovered, including 13 children, as well as a large number of injured people who were transferred to the Baptist Hospital, while ‘ where several people who were lost are still under the rubble of the house that was destroyed.
The targeted house consisted of three floors and was filled with displaced people fleeing from the Jabalia camp, and the neighbors of the house spoke of 70 people who were present inside.
A spokesman for the Civil Defense Service in Gaza said that the Israeli army is preventing its teams from treating the victims.
He said in a statement, “The occupation is using a new method in the north by launching high-explosive bombs. We are working in very difficult conditions, and the work is aimed on our teams.”
The Civil Defense also announced that at least five people were killed in another attack that targeted a house in the Al-Sabra area of Gaza City.
The United Nations Human Rights Office said around 70 percent of the confirmed victims were women and children, condemning what it called a “systematic violation” of the fundamental principles of recognized by international humanitarian law.
The UN report, published on Friday, covers the first seven months of the war in Gaza that began more than a year ago.
In an endless toll, the death toll since Israel began the war on the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023 has risen to 43,603, and 102,929 wounded, most of them women and children. while thousands of victims are still under the rubble and on. the roads, where they cannot reach them.
The Israeli army is launching an air and ground offensive in northern Gaza, particularly in the areas of Jabalia, Beit Lahia and Beit Hanoun, saying its aim is to prevent Hamas fighters from to restructure their ranks.
The war in the Gaza Strip began after the attack by Hamas on October 7, 2023, killing 1,206 people, most of them civilians, according to an Agence France-Presse account based on official Israeli figures.
During the attack, 251 people were kidnapped, 97 of whom are still in Gaza, including 34 who the Israeli army says are dead.
Israel rejects famine warning in Gaza
Israel on Saturday rejected a warning from a group of experts in the field of global food security that famine could occur in parts of the northern part of the Gaza Strip, where the Israeli army is at war with Hamas.
“Unfortunately, researchers continue to rely on partial and biased data and superficial sources with vested interests,” the military said in a statement.
The Famine Review Commission, an independent committee, warned on Friday that there was a “strong possibility of famine in the near future” in the northern Gaza Strip. It said in a rare warning that “there is a need on immediate action within days, not weeks, by all actors directly involved in the conflict or influencing its course to avoid this catastrophic situation and reduce its severity .
Israel said it had stepped up aid efforts, including opening an additional crossing on Friday.
In response to a question about the Famine Review Committee’s warning, a US State Department spokesman said on Saturday that Washington was concerned about the limited amount of aid reaching civilians living in Gaza, and that the report shows how bad the situation was.
The spokesman said, “We have made it clear to Israel, and we will continue to make it clear, that it needs to do more to get access and deliver aid into Gaza,” noting – note that the United States is working with Israel, the United Nations, and other partners to find solutions to speed up the delivery of aid.
He said that Hamas should release its guards and not interfere with any humanitarian efforts.
The Israeli army said that 39,000 trucks carrying more than 840,000 tons of food have entered Gaza since the start of the war in October 2023, noting that meetings are held daily with the United Nations, which has 700 aid trucks awaiting delivery and distribution.
Some critics have denounced the strategy of starvation in northern Gaza, prompting the United States, Israel’s main ally, to set a deadline that will end within days to the humanitarian situation to improve or to address potential limitations on military cooperation.
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2024-11-10 07:51:00
