Israeli attacks appear ‘designed to cause maximum casualties’
We’re seeing the same pattern of attacks as in the early stages of the war, designed to cause maximum casualties.
The latest attacks have targeted entire families as they gather inside their temporary shelters.
One attack, for example, occurred as a family had their predawn meal before fasting. Homes were targeted in Beit Lahiya, Jabalia, Khan Younis, Rafah and across the Strip.
Injured people have arrived at hospitals en masse and many people are still trapped and missing under the rubble.
Palestinians mourn victims of overnight Israeli air strikes in the northern Gaza Strip, at the Indonesian Hospital in Beit Lahiya, Gaza, on March 20
Israel killed 710 Palestinians in Gaza since Tuesday: Health Ministry
Khalil al-Daqran, spokesman for the Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip, has been quoted by our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic as saying that 900 Palestinians have been injured since Tuesday.
Many of those wounded in the Israeli attacks died due to the impossibility of providing urgent medical care because of the shortage of basic equipment and medicines, he added.
About 70 percent of those injured are children and women, and most of their injuries are serious, al-Daqran said.
Israeli military forbids movement into northern Gaza from the south
Israel’s Arabic language spokesperson has issued a statement forbidding Palestinians from using Gaza’s Salah al-Din Street to travel between the north and south, announcing that the Israeli military has launched a “limited ground operation”.
Spokesman Avichay Adraee stated that Palestinians wishing to travel from the north to the south should only do so via al-Rashid Street along the coast and should avoid approaching Israeli soldiers for their safety.
The military operation, according to Adraee, is aimed at expanding Israel’s buffer zone along the Netzarim Corridor, which divides the Gaza Strip from north to south.
Five UNRWA staff killed in Gaza in past few days: Lazzarini
Five staff members of the UN Palestinian relief agency have been killed in the past few days, according to the agency chief, Philippe Lazzarini.
“In the past few days another five UNRWA staff have been confirmed killed, bringing the death toll to 284. They were teachers, doctors and nurses: serving the most vulnerable,” he said in a statement on X.
“Israeli Forces bombardment continues from air and sea for the third day. We are fearing that the worst is yet to come given the ongoing ground invasion separating the north from the south,” he added.
