‘State of alert’ at central Gaza after Israeli attack on refugee camp
Palestinian ambulance workers and other first responders have been rushing into al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir el-Balah with wounded people. Reporting from outside the facility in central Gaza, Al Jazeera’s Tareq Abu Azzoum said Israel carried out strikes on Bureij refugee camp.
“We understand a school sheltering displaced families has been hit by two consecutive air strikes,” he said. Citing medical sources, Abu Azzoum said at least one Palestinian child was killed. Others have been reported injured.
At least 17 killed in Israeli attack on Gaza school-turned-shelter
Several others have been reported injured in the attack on the school sheltering displaced families in Bureij refugee camp. As we reported earlier, the Israeli military carried out two consecutive air strikes on the building.
Many Gaza wounded in critical condition after Israel school strike
A spokesman for the al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital says several people wounded in an Israeli strike on a school sheltering displaced families in Bureij refugee camp are in critical condition.
The spokesman for Deir el-Balah-based hospital said there was not enough medical supplies to deal with the influx of the injured.
Death toll in Israel’s attack on Gaza school rises
The death toll from Israeli strikes on the school shelter in the Bureij refugee camp has now risen to 20.
Hamas denounces Bureij attack as ‘heinous war crime’
The Palestinian group has condemned Israel for “targeting defenceless civilians in places of refugee and shelter”. “The Bureij massacre is a heinous war crime that requires the prosecution of the occupation’s leaders in international courts as war criminals,” Hamas said in a statement.
Hamas called on the international community, including the UN, “to break their silence and take urgent and effective steps to stop the massacres” in Gaza.
Israel’s plan to expand war in Gaza means ‘sacrificing’ abductees: Hamas
Hamas has warned Israel’s plan to intensify its onslaught on Gaza would mean “sacrificing” those being held captive.
“The approval of the [Israeli] occupation cabinet of plans to expand its ground offensive in Gaza represents an explicit decision to sacrifice the Israeli hostages in the enclave,” Hamas said in a statement.
It called the Israeli decision “a reproduction of the cycle of failure” over the past 20 months without “achieving its declared goals”.
Hamas said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s comments about expanding the war on Gaza “reflect his insistence on committing more crimes against civilians under a cover provided by the US administration”.
It called on Arab and Islamic countries, the UN, and the international community “to take immediate action to curb the fascist occupation government, and bring its leaders to international justice”.
It’s believed 59 captives remain in Gaza with 24 alive, according to Israeli estimates. By comparison, more than 9,500 Palestinians remain imprisoned in Israel and are subjected to torture, starvation, and medical neglect, according to Palestinian and Israeli rights organisations.
