Gaza’s death toll rises
At least 36,284 Palestinians have been killed and 82,057 wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7, its Health Ministry says. The ministry added that 60 people were killed and 280 injured in the latest 24-hour reporting period.
After Israeli pullback in northern Gaza, dead bodies stream into Kamal Adwan Hospital
I’m in front of Kamal Adwan Hospital, which has received dozens of dead bodies from Beit Lahiya, Tall az-Zaatar, and Sheikh Zayed.
The amount of destruction is huge, as Israeli forces destroyed all the infrastructure and sewage facilities.
Civilians are trying to reach their houses in order to find anything that is useful and civil defence crews are trying to get to the neighbourhoods in order to recover more dead bodies, but they are struggling because Israeli forces destroyed all the streets and all the infrastructure.
Photo of devastation in Jabalia
As we’ve been reporting, residents of Jabalia are returning to their hometown after Israeli forces’ withdrawal yesterday, only to find much of it ruined.
A photo posted by the Palestine Red Crescent Society shows one of its ambulances wrecked, stranded in a pile of rubble.
Rescuers fear bodies are still trapped under the city’s rubble, unable to be reached due to the damaged infrastructure.
A photo of a Palestine Red Crescent ambulance in Jabalia, northern Gaza Strip, following the withdrawal of occupation forces yesterday.#NotATarget ❌#Gaza pic.twitter.com/bcUbZedU7j
— PRCS (@PalestineRCS) May 31, 2024
People killed while sheltering in UN facilities: UNRWA
The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) agency says it has received “horrific reports” from UNRWA facilities in Jabalia, northern Gaza.
“Displaced people, including children, reportedly killed and injured sheltering in our school, besieged by IDF (Israeli army) tanks. Tents of people sheltering at our school reportedly set on fire by IDF,” the agency said in a post on X.
UNRWA also said it received reports of its office being hit and destroyed in air strikes, as well bulldozed by Israeli forces.
The last weeks we've received horrific reports from @UNRWA facilities in Jabalia north #Gaza
Displaced people- incl. children- reportedly killed & injured sheltering in our school, besieged by IDF tanks
Tents of people sheltering at our school reportedly set on fire by IDF. 1/2 pic.twitter.com/cHRcgVa9O1
— UNRWA (@UNRWA) May 31, 2024
Images from northern Gaza show ‘ugliness’ of Israeli army actions: Media office
The statement from the Government Media Office in Gaza comes following the announcement by the Israeli army that it has withdrawn its troops from some parts of northern Gaza.
“The videos and photos that came out of Jabalia Camp after the occupation army withdrew from it, show the ugliness of the atrocities and crimes committed in Jabalia Camp and the Beit Lahia project, and the extent of the destruction and sabotage it inflicted on citizens’ homes, service facilities, and public facilities,” the media office said.
“Ambulance and civil defense teams recovered dozens of martyrs throughout the period of the invasion and after the withdrawal, and the search is currently continuing for dozens of missing people among the rubble of homes, shelter centers, schools and hospitals that were not spared from bombing and destruction …”
The Government Media Office has urged the World Court in Hague and the International Criminal Court to ensure “stopping this aggression and holding the Zionist leaders accountable as war criminals and perpetrators of crimes against humanity”.
