Gaza death toll rises to 71 as Israel pounds the north with bombs
Hospital sources say at least 71 Palestinians have been killed across the Gaza Strip since dawn, including 56 in besieged Gaza City.
Israeli bombardment and remotely controlled robots with explosives are destroying Gaza City block by block, turning the skyline black with smoke and forcing tens of thousands to flee.
Hamas condemns Israel’s use of ‘explosive-laden drones’
Hamas has accused Israel of committing war crimes by using remotely operated, explosive-laden drones, which it says are being detonated deep inside residential neighbourhoods to inflict “the widest possible destruction”.
“The world today is witnessing horrifying crimes carried out by the government of war criminal [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu], wanted by the International Criminal Court, including the deliberate destruction of Gaza City, the forced displacement of its residents under massacres and bombardment, and the use of various methods of killing and extermination, foremost among them being remotely operated explosive drones,” said Hamas in a statement.
The group urged the international community to “act immediately to stop these disgraceful crimes”.
‘Horrifying’ attack on Gaza City people escaping Israel’s assault
A video documenting this Israeli attack shows a group of Palestinians on a truck carrying furniture as they fled the Nassr area. This was horrifying footage of people being killed.
This northern area has witnessed relentless bombardment, and remotely controlled robots loaded with explosives are operating in there. They’ve been literally wiping out entire neighbourhoods.
What we know is at least four Palestinians have been killed in this attack, and there are also dozens of Palestinians injured.
This shows Israeli forces are attacking people even as they’re fleeing following Israel’s forced expulsion orders. Because of the intensified bombardment, Palestinians are on the move.
The army is using quadcopters to kill people trying to escape their neighbourhoods and using these robots with residents saying every time they explode it feels like an earthquake.
Israel accused of creating ‘Nazi-like concentration camps of extermination’
The head of Gaza’s Health Ministry has denounced Israel’s forced expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza City saying hundreds of thousands remain trapped in the besieged urban centre.
“More than 900,000 remain steadfast and refuse to leave despite the ongoing bombardment and destruction,” Director-General Munir al-Bursh said.
“The so-called ‘humanitarian zones’ are being used by the occupation to try to confine one million people in overcrowded areas with no water, no basic supplies, and no proper shelter,” he added.
“The occupation has allocated only 12 percent of Gaza’s territory as shelter areas, and is attempting to forcibly cram at least 1.7 million people into these zones. This amounts to a plan to create Nazi-like concentration camps of extermination, aiming to forcibly displace people into areas that lack the most basic conditions for life.”
