Death toll from Israeli strikes on Gaza rises to 63
Medical sources have told Al Jazeera Arabic that Israeli forces killed at least 63 people, including 24 children, in the ongoing attacks on Gaza.
Here are some of the most recent attacks:
- Three people were killed in an Israeli attack on tents where displaced Palestinians were sheltering in al-Mawasi, an ambulance worker said.
- A mother and her daughter were killed in an Israeli air strike on a house in the Tal al-Hawa neighbourhood of Gaza City, in the northern Strip, a source at al-Shifa Hospital reported.
- Five people were killed in an attack on a house in the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza, al-Awda Hospital reported.
- Three people were killed in an attack on a school where Palestinians were sheltering in Beit Lahiya, an emergency medical source said.
Trump says Gaza truce holds, Israel has right to ‘hit back’
The US president has addressed questions from reporters over the deadly Israeli attacks on Gaza, on board Air Force One as he travelled from Japan to South Korea.
“As I understand it, they took out an Israeli soldier,” Trump told reporters. “So the Israelis hit back and they should hit back. When that happens, they should hit back,” he added.
“Nothing is going to jeopardise” the ceasefire, Trump said. “You have to understand Hamas is a very small part of peace in the Middle East, and they have to behave.”
Hamas, however, has denied responsibility for the attack on Israeli forces in Rafah, in southern Gaza and said in a statement that it remained committed to the ceasefire deal.
“If they (Hamas) are good, they are going to be happy and if they are not good, they are going to be terminated, their lives will be terminated,” Trump said.
“Nobody knows what happened to the Israeli soldier but they say it was sniper fire. And it was retribution for that, and I think they have a right to do that.”
Even if that were true, the IDF has no right to indiscriminately bomb civilians and hospitals. (Al Shifa hit again). Proportionality is also part of International law, killing 63 people out of revenge is a war crime, nothing less.
We're back to Israel has the right to self-defense nonsense. No investigation, no proof, no international observers allowed. It could have been one of the Israeli armed gangs trying to instigate trouble, it could have been an accident like last time (driving over unexploded ordnance), it could have been mistaken identity, friendly fire, it could have been some lone rogue terrorist. It could all be lies.
Yet whatever happened, nothing justifies the indiscriminate killing of civilians and bombing civilian infrastructure.
Trump just admitted to supporting war crimes and genocide, again.
Israeli military announces death of soldier in southern Gaza
The Israeli military has said that a 37-year-old soldier was killed “in battle” in the southern Gaza Strip. A brief statement from the military did not specify when the soldier was killed but said that his family had been notified before the information was released.
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-871996
No details of course.
