At least one baby killed as Israel’s targeting of homes in Gaza continues
Earlier today, at least 19 Palestinians, including at least one baby, were killed and 50 others were wounded in Israeli air strikes targeting homes in eastern Gaza City, Wafa news agency reported.
Israeli jets targeted three homes in the Tuffah and Shujayea neighbourhoods in Gaza City, resulting in the casualties, including children and women.
Anadolu Agency quoted witnesses as saying that an Israeli jet struck the home in Tuffah when dozens of people were inside.
The Palestinian Civil Defence rescue teams removed the body of a baby and transferred dozens of injured victims to a hospital, the witnesses said, adding that volunteers continue to look for the injured under the rubble.
Israeli forces demolish evacuated homes in Rafah
Footage shared online, and verified by Al Jazeera, shows Israeli bulldozers demolishing homes west of Rafah that were already partially damaged by the attacks carried out by Israeli forces.
هذا ما يفعله الجيش الان في تل السلطان غرب رفح pic.twitter.com/jssUgr6lM5
— ترجمة الصحف Breaking News 🚨 (@galebsami) June 15, 2024
Translation: This is what the army is doing now in Tal as-Sultan, west of Rafah
Gaza’s death toll rises
At least 37,296 people have been killed and 85,197 wounded in Israeli military attacks on Gaza since October 7, the enclave’s Health Ministry says. Of those, 30 Palestinians were killed and 95 wounded in the past 24-hour reporting period, the ministry added.
Bodies of 9 Palestinians retrieved in Rafah: Report
Rescue teams in the Gaza Strip have retrieved the bodies of nine Palestinians from different areas in Rafah, the Wafa news agency reported, quoting medical sources at the European Gaza Hospital in Khan Younis.
The bodies, Wafa reported, were retrieved from the rubble of houses bombarded in Israeli attacks.
Health workers unable to rescue people in Rafah
There are land, air, and sea attacks on Rafah right now, where there have been dozens of houses demolished by the Israeli forces. There were also a couple of warships shooting at Palestinians across the coastline.
Also, there are zero hospitals in Rafah. There is no medical treatment, and all of the Palestinians who are being injured or killed do not have any medical teams to rescue them.
There have been reports from journalists, healthcare workers and paramedics that they could not reach an area, we’re talking about areas like Tal as-Sultan and those areas in the centre of Rafah.
There has been a lot of demolishing of houses, and it has been uninhabitable for Palestinians and not just Palestinians who are internally displaced. They have no place to go just like what happened in Khan Younis.
All of the people who are injured and the paramedics could reach are going to the European Hospital in Khan Younis.
