Israeli air strikes killed not less than 26 folks on Sunday, together with 16 at a faculty sheltering displaced Palestinians in northern Gaza, well being officers stated, because the official dying toll nears 45,000 after 15 months of conflict within the enclave.
Clusters of homes have been bombed and set ablaze in three cities, whereas Israeli forces struck families sheltering in Khalil Aweida college earlier than storming it and ordering them to head towards Gaza City, based on 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 as a result of accumulation of bodies in the streets and “their devouring by stray canines and cats,” including that the World Health Organization had delivered restricted gas and medical provides amid the continued 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 not less than 49 folks, together with seven throughout an assault on another school sheltering displaced Palestinians, based on well being officers.
They stated ladies and kids 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 folks have been killed in Israel and round 250 folks taken hostage.
Since then, practically 45,000 folks have been killed in Gaza, most of them ladies and kids, whereas over 105,000 folks have been injured, and plenty of victims stay buried below rubble.
Meanwhile, within the Israeli-occupied West Bank, tensions have escalated after not less than one particular person 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 agency for Palestinian refugees had suspended providers in Jenin Camp for an additional day following the violence, with youngsters unable to attend college and residents reduce off from healthcare and different important providers.
“All sides of those inner confrontations must uphold the fundamental ideas of worldwide regulation that assure the security of civilians & their entry to fundamental providers in all conditions,” Lazzarini posted on X.
