New ‘horrific massacre’ by Israeli forces in north Gaza
The Health Ministry says one apartment block was destroyed in northern Gaza’s Beit Lahiya town. Palestinians are trapped under the debris after Israeli air strikes and rescue operations are continuing.
The attack is a “horrific massacre”, the ministry said.
At least 35 killed in bombing of homes in Beit Lahiya
At least 35 Palestinians in besieged northern Gaza were killed in an attack on a residential area that destroyed several buildings in Beit Lahiya. An unknown number of people are trapped in the rubble. Local media reports said civil defence crews are not able to reach the site because of Israeli fire.
The Health Ministry has described it as a “horrific massacre”. Northern Gaza has been under a three-week ground assault by Israeli forces who are forcibly displacing tens of thousands of residents out of the area.
Hundreds of civilians have been have been killed during the latest invasion.
Beit Lahiya residents dig with hands to pull victims out of debris
Details continue to emerge about what’s being described as a “horrific massacre” by Israeli forces in Beit Lahiya.
Multiple air strikes hit the densely populated area – no warnings were given. Eyewitnesses said 35 Palestinians were killed in the attack with more buried in the debris. People are trying to recover victims from under the rubble because civil defence rescuers are unable to reach the scene after first-responders were targeted by Israeli forces earlier today.
Beit Lahiya and Jabalia are considered to be the two main key urban centres in northern Gaza, and displaced families from other parts of Gaza have come to take refuge in shelters there. They’ve both been under heavy attack for more than three weeks now.
Israeli soldiers on multiple occasions have stormed evacuation centres, forcing Palestinian families to flee and then burning the centres to the ground. Jabalia and Beit Lahiya are densely packed with civilians and the towns have repeatedly been hit.
Israeli soldiers post taunts, proudly show north Gaza destruction
We haven’t seen any official Israeli commentary on the siege and assault of northern Gaza that has gone on for more than 20 days.
What we have seen are posts on social media by individual soldiers celebrating what they’re doing, tauntingly posting photos of civilians escaping under fire. Or men who have been stripped down to their underwear and taken to undisclosed locations. Or even worse, soldiers celebrating as they burn down homes in Beit Lahiya and Jabalia.
The Israeli military insists all the allegations made by the UN and observers on the ground of the Israeli army preventing medical and humanitarian assistance from going in and targeting civilians are false despite the overwhelming evidence.
MedGlobal condemns arrest of its staff at Kamal Adwan Hospital
The humanitarian organisation operating in Gaza denounced the Israeli military’s arrest of Mahmoud Lubbad, a staff member and the nursing director at Kamal Adwan Hospital in Gaza, along with many other medics.
“MedGlobal calls on global leaders, humanitarian organisations, and the public to demand an immediate cessation of all attacks on healthcare workers and to uphold essential protections for medical personnel operating in conflict zones,” it said in a statement.
The organisation highlighted the death of Ibrahim Abu Safia, the teenage son of Kamal Adwan Hospital director Dr Hussam Abu Safia, MedGlobal’s lead physician in Gaza. Dr Abu Safia’s son was killed by Israeli aircraft in Jabalia refugee camp.
