Israeli army says it hit 160 targets in past 24 hours
An Israeli military update says it continues its attacks as part of its newly launched operation across the Gaza Strip. “More than 160 targets have been attacked in the past 24 hours,” the statement said.
It claimed to have destroyed infrastructure used by Palestinian fighters in different parts of Gaza, including antitank rocket launcher sites and weapons depots.
Israel’s targeting of hospitals shows ‘intent to commit genocide’: Gaza media office
Gaza’s Government Media Office says the Israeli military’s “daily massacres” are part of a “systematic policy of genocide”.
In a statement, it said the bombardment of medical facilities specifically is “clearly aimed at increasing the death toll and preventing the wounded from receiving life-saving treatment”.
“Such brutal conduct leaves no doubt about the occupation’s deliberate intent to commit organised genocide,” it said.
The office labelled several of Israel’s global allies – the US, the UK, Germany and France – as “complicit” and urged the UN and international rights groups to take urgent action to “stop this genocide”.
“History will not forgive, and the conscience of the world is facing a critical test: either it stands for truth, justice, and humanity – or it records itself in the pages of shame and complicity,” said the statement.
Palestinians inspect damage caused by an Israeli air attack at Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir el-Balah, central Gaza, May 17
Israel has ‘a systematic plan to destroy’ Gaza’s health sector
Marwan al-Hams, the director of field hospitals at the Gaza Health Ministry, tells Al Jazeera:
- Israel is working according to a systematic plan to destroy the health sector.
- The ongoing Israeli military campaign against the health system threatens the lives of Gaza’s residents.
- Malnutrition is worsening and affects all age groups in Gaza.
- We are suffering from severe shortages of personnel, equipment and supplies.
- Israel’s attacks against civilians and health workers must stop.
- We call on the world and its organisations to stop the war of starvation and extermination waged by Israel.
