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Israeli attacks kill at least 13 since dawn, Palestinians ‘waiting for a pause’
Palestinians do not trust the Israeli side because there have been continuous breaches of ceasefire agreements. Palestinians are being pressured. There have been many restrictions imposed on them since the war resumed. They are waiting for a pause – any type of relief – because they have been in this struggle for the past year and a half, and even if this pause is temporary, Palestinians are waiting.
The latest attack was in Deir el-Balah, where Israeli forces hit agricultural land. No casualties were reported. In Jabalia, Israeli forces attacked a house in a refugee camp. The house was located between evacuation centres.
Since dawn, at least 13 Palestinians have been killed, but it’s not just the ongoing air raids and bombardment. It’s also the mass starvation and this blockage imposed on the Gaza Strip. 
A Palestinian child named Osama Kamal al-Rakab, struggling for survival in the town of Bani Suheila, faces body weakness related to malnutrition in Khan Younis, Gaza on April 14
Lab builds prosthetic limbs from recyclables to aid Gaza’s child amputees
According to the UN, Gaza is now home to the largest group of child amputees in modern history. The Red Cross estimates that between 5,000 to 6,000 Palestinians have lost limbs since October 2023.
In the modest lab where Hossny Muhna works, they are building artificial limbs from recycled materials and whatever else they can find in the wake of Israel’s ongoing blockade. “We are delivering critical services to amputees amid a sharp surge in limb loss caused by the ongoing Israeli war on Gaza,” Muhna, the lab’s communications officer, told Al Jazeera.
“So far, we have followed up on 507 new amputation cases and are currently providing therapy to 306 individuals. However, we face severe shortages in prosthetic devices and essential materials due to the suffocating Israeli blockade and continued attacks, which are driving amputation numbers even higher by the day.”
For patients, especially children, these locally made prosthetic limbs are more than just tools – they are lifelines. “I was injured when my home was bombed in Gaza City. I lost my limbs, but I began to feel hope again after receiving a prosthetic. Now, I can return to daily life – I go to the market, visit friends, and live with a sense of normalcy once more. Alhamdulillah,” Taleb al-Shawa told Al Jazeera.
Palestinian girl Silla Abu Aqleen, who lost her right leg during the Israeli military offensive, holds her artificial limb during a physiotherapy session at the Gaza City municipality-run Artificial Limbs and Polio Centre
Israeli forces systematically destroy homes
As we are reporting now, we can see an Israeli drone hovering at low altitudes. Heavy artillery is targeting more buildings in the eastern parts of the Shujayea and Zeitoun neighbourhoods in Gaza City.
Eyewitnesses told us throughout the day that there is a systematic demolition of homes, not just to prevent people from going back to their homes in the area now, but also to pressure them in the future so they won’t find any shelter.
Fighter jets, drones and military helicopters have been involved in strikes since the early hours of this morning and patrolling the entire eastern area, the area around the Netzarim Corridor and Khan Younis in the south.
Most recently, in Deir el-Balah in central Gaza close to the Al-Aqsa Hospital, a Palestinian who was working on a rooftop doing maintenance on an internet network point he was operating was targeted and killed.
