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Northern Gaza heading towards ‘a real famine’: Civil defence

Gaza’s civil defence has said the northern part of the enclave is “facing a real famine” due to the Israeli forces’ prevention of entry of aid.

It said in a statement that the Israeli forces continue to disrupt humanitarian and medical services in northern Gaza for the 14th day in a row, to put pressure on the people in northern Gaza.


At least 70 Palestinians killed in Gaza in past 24 hours

Israel’s war on Gaza shows no signs of slowing down. Deadly attacks are being carried out against residential buildings across the Gaza Strip by the Israeli Air Force as well as ground troops.

The civilian death toll has been mounting in the past 24 hours due to the repeated Israeli attacks on a very heavily built-up neighbourhood in the town of Beit Lahiya in the northern part of Gaza.

At least 20 Palestinians have been killed there and people are still trapped under the rubble. We know that the humanitarian situation in the northern part of Gaza. There is a shortage of basic necessities due to a monthlong Israeli siege.

At least nine Palestinians have been confirmed killed in the central and southern areas of Gaza where three tented camps of displaced people were targeted.

In total, at least 70 Palestinians have been killed in the past 24 hours across the Gaza Strip, according to medical sources.


Palestinians inspect destruction after Israeli attacks on makeshift tents in Deir el-Balah


Gaza’s Beit Lahiya death toll rises to 25

The death toll from an Israeli air attack on the al-Masry family home in the town of Beit Lahiya in besieged northern Gaza has risen to 25, according to the Wafa news agency. The report citing medical sources said the victims included 13 children and that more people are still under the rubble.

Kamal Adwan Hospital attacked again as Israel orders evacuation of Gaza’s Beit Lahiya

We just learned that Kamal Adwan Hospital has been targeted by Israeli quadcopters. We’re not sure yet if there have been any injuries, but this is not the first time the hospital has been targeted.

There are people still trying to rescue and pull more bodies from the al-Masry family house in Beit Lahiya, where at least 25 Palestinians were killed, including 13 children.

There have been no ambulances, and no civil defence teams for the past 24 hours after Israeli forces forced them to evacuate. There have been leaflets asking the people in Beit Lahiya to evacuate from that area.

There is only one hospital working in the northern Gaza Strip, and that is Kamal Adwan. It has no water or medicine.


Israeli shelling kills 4 people in Gaza’s Jabalia, 2 in Rafah

At least four people have been killed in Israeli shelling of the Alami area in the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza, according to our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic.

Meanwhile, in southern Gaza, Israeli shelling targeted a motorcycle, killing two Palestinians and injuring an unknown number of others in Khirbet al-Adas, north of Rafah, the team reported.

According to medical sources, 44 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli raids in Gaza since dawn, 30 of them in northern Gaza.


Palestinians bury relatives in mass grave in Gaza’s Beit Lahiya