According to Israeli health authorities, an Israeli attack in the southeastern Gaza Strip resulted in the deaths of 29, mostly women and children, as they sought refuge in tents outside a class in Abassan, south of Khan Younis. The Israeli army claimed to have used “precise weapons” on a Hamas warrior involved in the October 7 attack on Israel and that it was looking into reports of civilian casualties.
Ismail Al-Thawabta, mind of the Hamas-run Gaza state media company, reported that Israeli attacks on key Gaza places killed 60 Palestinians and injured dozens more on Tuesday. People of Gaza City were forced to evacuate their homes as Israeli vehicles advanced into the Tel Al-Hawa, Shejaia, and Sabra districts, shelling roads and buildings. On social media, the Jewish military issued evacuation orders for a number of regions in eastern and western Gaza City.
We hold the US government and the job to be responsible for the gruesome murders of civilians, Thawabta said in a statement.
The Palestinian Red Crescent reported being contacted by Gaza City frequently for humanitarian needs early on Wednesday, but because of the powerful bombing, was unable to reply. Hamas and Islamic Jihad soldiers claimed to have engaged Israeli forces with machine guns, cement flames, and anti-tank weapons, inflicting casualties on Israeli troops. Israel’s government reported that its soldiers were engaged in close-quarter battle with militants, neutralized over 150 fighters, and destroyed booby-trapped structures and explosives in the past week.
Ismail Haniyeh, the head of Hamas, warned that the renewed Jewish plan would lead to “back to square one” negotiations. Following Jewish evacuation orders, people fled Gaza City’s sidewalks on horse carts and trucks loaded with pillows and belongings, according to film footage on social media.
The Palestinian Red Crescent reported that all of its health facilities in Gaza City were shut down as a result of the Jewish removal requests, which have caused thousands of people to flee. According to independent human rights experts appointed by the UN, nine months of conflict and displacement have resulted in a hunger problems and the spread of hunger throughout the Gaza Strip, as demonstrated by the current malnutrition deaths of many children.
In Al-Nuseirat, key Gaza, an Israeli strike on a multi-story home early on Tuesday killed 17 individuals, including 14 children and a person, according to Hamas ‘ media company. During the recovery of body and the search for survivors beneath the wreckage, neighbors aided doctors and emergency personnel.
Across Gaza, more than 40 Palestinians were killed on Tuesday in Israeli attacks on several sites, bringing the total Arab death burden in the nine-month-long Israeli military offensive to 38, 243, according to Gaza health authorities. Hamas accepted a crucial component of a US ceasefire proposal last week, but recent escalation has stifled hopes for a halt to the conflict.
