Israeli air strikes killed no less than 26 individuals on Sunday, together with 16 at a college sheltering displaced Palestinians in northern Gaza, well being officers stated, because the official demise toll nears 45,000 after 15 months of battle within the enclave.
Clusters of homes have been bombed and set ablaze in three cities, whereas Israeli forces struck households sheltering in Khalil Aweida faculty earlier than storming it and ordering them to go in direction of Gaza City, in accordance with Reuters, citing medics and residents.
Mohammed Abu Afash, director of Palestinian Medical Relief, an non-government group in Gaza, additionally warned of an “environmental catastrophe” within the north because of the accumulation of our bodies within the streets and “their devouring by stray canine and cats,” including that the World Health Organization had delivered restricted gasoline and medical provides amid the continuing siege.
The Israeli army didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
The assault on the school-turned-shelter comes after Israel launched a wave of air strikes on Saturday, which killed no less than 49 individuals, together with seven throughout an assault on one other faculty sheltering displaced Palestinians, in accordance with well being officers.
They stated ladies and youngsters have been among the many lifeless, together with a child lady who was solely two days previous.
The Israeli army has been working in northern Gaza for over two months, although the siege of the Gaza Strip has lasted for 15 months, a response to the Oct. 7, 2023 terrorist assault through which roughly 1,200 individuals have been killed in Israel and round 250 individuals taken hostage.
Since then, almost 45,000 individuals have been killed in Gaza, most of them ladies and youngsters, whereas over 105,000 individuals have been injured, and lots of victims stay buried underneath rubble.
Meanwhile, within the Israeli-occupied West Bank, tensions have escalated after no less than one individual was killed following violent clashes between Palestinian Authority forces and Palestinian militants within the metropolis of Jenin.
Western-backed PA forces have arrange checkpoints within the metropolis, and claimed its forces have been endeavor safety operations to revive regulation and order in its refugee camp suburb, a stronghold of militants alienated from Palestinian management.
UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini stated Saturday that the company for Palestinian refugees had suspended companies in Jenin Camp for one more day following the violence, with youngsters unable to attend faculty and residents lower off from healthcare and different important companies.
“All sides of those inside confrontations have to uphold the essential rules of worldwide regulation that assure the security of civilians & their entry to primary companies in all conditions,” Lazzarini posted on X.