No warning ahead of deadly Israeli attack on Beit Lahiya market
There was a clear escalation in the north of the Strip on Wednesday, in particular in Beit Lahiya, which witnessed a tremendous amount of military pressure from the Israeli side.
The Israeli military had targeted a market in Beit Lahiya killing at least 10 Palestinians. Twenty others were also confirmed wounded in that strike that was conducted with no sort of warning for civilians.
All of this comes as rescue operations continue at other sites targeted by Israeli forces, with civilians digging and combing through the rubble to free trapped survivors.
We’ve also heard huge explosions in the Maghazi camp in central Gaza, which is 10 minutes away from where we are at the moment. A vehicle was targeted and at least three Palestinians have been confirmed killed.
And within recent hours, we’ve seen Israeli quadcopter drones flying at very low altitudes over Al-Aqsa Hospital, raising fears of more attacks on the central areas, which, according to local officials, house more than one million displaced Palestinians.
Director of north Gaza hospital won’t leave despite killing of his son
Dr Hussam Abu Safia, the director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in north Gaza, believes Israeli forces killed his son because of his work helping those in need.
Still, he refuses to leave his patients and is one of the few doctors left at Kamal Adwan.
Israeli military continues assault on Beit Lahiya, Jabalia
Israeli forces in north Gaza are “intensively shelling” Beit Lahiya and carrying out “renewed raids” on the Jabalia refugee camp, according to Al Jazeera’s correspondents on the ground.
The bombardment comes as Israel’s siege of north Gaza enters its 27th day. The operation has killed hundreds of people and left hundreds of thousands cut off from food, water and medicine.
Destruction of Gaza’s health system leaves hospitals overwhelmed, supplies depleted
An independent UN inquiry has accused Israel of carrying out a “concerted policy” to destroy Gaza’s healthcare system.
The chair of the UN Commission of Inquiry, Navi Pillay, said Israeli attacks on medical infrastructure in the Palestinian enclave have been constant.
Al Jazeera’s Hind Khoudary is at Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir el-Balah in the centre of the Strip, where she’s been talking to medical workers about what’s left of Gaza’s healthcare system.
