Entire families obliterated as Israel's intensified strikes in Gaza continue
At least 30 Palestinians have been killed in the Gaza Strip since dawn, according to medical sources, as a result of the ongoing Israeli bombardment of the besieged territory.
Nightly attacks lit up the skies across Gaza from southern Khan Younis to the northern part of the Strip and explosions shook the ground.
In central Gaza, Israeli drones chased people from one place to another.
Three Palestinians were killed in Israeli drone attacks, two in the Daraj neighborhood of Gaza and one south of Khan Younis.
According to media reports, the recent attacks in Gaza are a reminder of the first weeks of the war in terms of their intensity, scale, and the amount of destruction and number of casualties.
In central and western Khan Younis alone, the Israeli regime killed 17 people and wiped out entire families from the civil registry.
Gaza’s Civil Defense reported that an overnight Israeli strike on a family tent in Khan Younis refugee camp killed 11 people, including three babies under the age of one.
Civil Defense spokesperson Mahmoud Bassal said that eight of the victims had been identified. All members of the al-Baryam family, including two one-year-old children and a one-month-old baby were among the dead.
Two Palestinians were killed after the regime targeted their tents, one in the complex’s street, and another in the al-Mahatta area.
In an attack on a tent for displaced people in the Asdaa area in the north, the Israeli regime killed a four-month-old child, Hassan Abd Toman.
It also took the life of a pregnant woman, Nadine Abu Lahia, during a drone attack that targeted the Abu Hajiras family home in Khan Younis.
The report said the death toll from a previous attack on the Zarab family home in the al-Batn al-Sameen area had climbed to four, while rescue teams were still searching the rubble.
In Rafah, rescue teams recovered a decomposing body from the beach.
In eastern Gaza City, emergency workers tried to recover bodies stuck under the rubble after a strike targeted the Shujayea neighborhood.
Nine members of a family were confirmed dead, with the death toll expected to rise as more bodies were being dug from under the rubble.
Reports said an infant girl died of malnutrition and dehydration at al-Rantisi Hospital, west of Gaza City.
The child, identified as Janan Saleh al-Sakafi, was among at least 51 Palestinians who have died of malnutrition in Gaza, according to the Gaza Media Office.
Israel has imposed a total blockade on the strip since March 2, and halted the entry of all humanitarian aid, inducing food, medical supplies, and water.
UNICEF has warned that around 335,000 children under the age of five are at risk of dying from acute malnutrition.
Gaza’s Ministry of Health said in a statement that 70 Palestinians had been killed and 275 others injured in Israeli attacks in the past 48 hours. Rescue forces had also recovered the bodies of seven people from the rubble.
The Gaza Ministry of Health emphasized that since March 18, when the Israeli regime broke the ceasefire agreement with Hamas and resumed attacks on Gaza, 2,239 Palestinians have been killed and 6,325 others have been injured.
Since October 7, 2023, 52,945 Palestinians have been killed, and 118,366 injured by occupying forces, with the majority of the victims being children and women.
