Several killed, injured in multiple Israeli army attacks on Gaza, scores trapped under rubble

ISTANBUL

Dozens of people were killed, including women and children, and scores were injured in the Israeli army's bombardment of a residential area, a Palestinian refugee camp, and a UN-run school in northern, southern, and central Gaza Strip on Saturday, with many more still trapped under the rubble of collapsed buildings.

Israeli warplanes bombed two houses belonging to the Al-Najjar and Hadar families in northern Gaza, killing at least 14 people and injuring many more, the official Palestinian news agency Wafa reported.

In another attack, the Israeli army targeted a house in the Jabalia Refugee Camp, killing dozens of Palestinians, including children and women, the news agency said, adding that dozens of people were injured and many others were trapped under the rubble of collapsed buildings.

The Israeli army also bombed a school run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, where people had taken refuge, resulting in many casualties and injuries, including children and women, the news agency reported.

Israeli warplanes also launched a raid targeting a house in the Al-Brahma area in Rafah, while the Israeli army continued its bombing of the Al-Shuja’iya, Al-Tuffah, and Al-Daraj neighborhoods in Gaza City.

Separately, an Israeli sniper shot dead a Palestinian young man inside his house in the Tel ez-Zater region of northern Gaza.

The Israeli army also carried out attacks in the eastern parts of the city of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.

There were no details on the total number of casualties and injuries in the Israeli attacks.

Meanwhile, the Kamal Adwan Hospital has been severely impacted by water and food shortages following an eight-day siege by Israeli forces, according to the Palestinian news agency.

The Israeli army has already destroyed the southern part of the hospital.

At least 12 babies are still being kept in the hospital incubators without adequate health care, it reported.

Previously, Israeli forces had raided the majority of hospitals in the Gaza Strip, mistreating medical staff, displaced people, patients, and injured people. It had also detained 34 medical staffers.

Israel has bombarded the Gaza Strip from the air and land, imposed a siege, and mounted a ground offensive in retaliation for a cross-border attack by Hamas on Oct. 7.

At least 18,800 Palestinians have since been killed and 51,000 injured in the Israeli onslaught, according to Gaza’s health authorities.

The Israeli death toll in the Hamas attack stands at 1,200, while more than 130 hostages are still held by the Palestinian group in Gaza, according to official figures.

* Writing by Ikram Kouachi