Israeli forces attack Nasser Hospital amid intense bombardment
Al Jazeera Arabic is reporting that Israeli forces have bombed the pharmaceutical laboratory of the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, as Palestinians who were killed and wounded from other attacks were being brought to the hospital.
Israeli forces have launched some 30 air raids on Khan Younis in the past hour, AJA reported.
Palestinians pull survivors from the rubble in Jabalia
A rescue team searches under the rubble after an Israeli army attack on a building in the Jabalia refugee camp on Sunday
Rescuers pulled survivors, as well as bodies, from under the rubble
Israeli forces blocked rescue effort after deadly attack on south Gaza: Report
The Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor has released the findings of a preliminary investigation into an Israeli attack on the multistorey home of Abdul Karim al-Afghani, located east of Khan Younis, on May 13.
It said the building was housing at least 24 people, most of them women and children, when it was struck amid “intense fire belts targeting” the European Hospital and its surrounding area.
Shortly after the bombing, civil defence crews arrived at the scene.
“Footage captured rescuers calling out to locate anyone alive. A young girl’s voice was heard pleading for help. As one rescuer moved toward the sound, Israeli warplanes suddenly struck the same site again, targeting the building and rescue teams,” it said.
“The attack injured two civil defence workers, while others narrowly escaped. The team was forced to withdraw, leaving the child who had cried out for help unrescued.”
Euro-Med said that residents of the neighbourhood kept issuing urgent appeals for help, but rescuers were unable to respond, “as Israeli aircraft continued to target anyone approaching the area – whether unarmed civilians or emergency responders”.
The group added, “The repeated targeting of the home and rescue teams can only be seen as a deliberate decision to execute those still alive beneath the rubble and to obstruct all rescue efforts. This represents a stark example of systematic mass killing and a clear intent to exterminate civilians – not only through bombing, but also by denying them any chance of survival.”
