About two dozen Palestinians have been killed in the latest Israeli airstrikes on the southern city of Rafah, which has been packed with tens of thousands of displaced civilians.
The civilians were killed after Israeli warplanes bombed several homes in Rafah, in the early hours of Tuesday morning. Several women and children were among those killed in the latest Israeli bombardment.
The city has been packed with tens of thousands of displaced civilians.
Israeli airstrikes have been pounding locations across Gaza, including southern parts that Israel had declared as safe zones.
Several Palestinians have been killed and wounded in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis after the bombing of a vehicle by Israeli forces.
In Nuseirat refugee camp, in central Gaza, several people were injured following the bombing of a home.
To the north, the regime’s troops have raided Kamal Adwan hospital after laying siege to the complex for a couple of days. Several staff members were killed in the attack.
Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza has been under total military siege by the Israeli forces.
They are right now surrounding it from all sides, stationed at the gates and preventing anyone from entering or leaving the medical complex.
The hospital is full of patients and evacuees who are taking shelter inside as the final place for Palestinians in the north to be protected from Israeli bombing.
Israel’s relentless bombardment of the Gaza Strip keeps taking a heavy toll on the civilian population in the besieged Palestinian territory.
Israeli war machinery also caused major destruction to the infrastructure and committed one of the largest massacres that the besieged region has witnessed over the past decades.
Health sources say Israel was also committing genocide and ethnic cleansing and wanted to end the health system in the besieged strip. The attacks have put 22 hospitals and 46 healthcare centers out of service in the Gaza Strip.
Meanwhile, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday said he was concerned about the prolonged checks of health convoys in the Gaza Strip and the detention of health workers there.
In a post on the X social media platform, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said a WHO-led mission to al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza on Saturday was stopped twice at a checkpoint on the way to north Gaza and on the way back, and that some staff of the Palestine Red Crescent Society were detained on both occasions.
“We are deeply concerned about prolonged checks and detention of health workers that put lives of already fragile patients at risk,” Tedros said.
The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees also said Tuesday at the end of an overnight visit to the Gaza Strip that civilians there were enduring “hell on earth” as Israel’s aggression against Palestinians grinds on.
“Back in #Gaza, endless deepening tragedy. People are everywhere, live in the street, and need everything. They plead for safety & an end to this hell on earth,” UNWRA chief Philippe Lazzarini said in a post on X, adding his agency was facing “an impossible situation”.
The Israeli regime continues its genocidal aggression against the Gaza Strip for the 67th consecutive day, with US and European support.
Israel’s genocide in Gaza began on October 7. So far, over 184,00 Palestinians have been killed, mostly women and children. Over 50,000 Palestinians have also been wounded.
