New massacre in the Gaza Strip. At least 87 people diedmostly minors and women, and more than 40 were injured During the Israeli bombardment this morning on a residential area of the town of Beit Lahiya, in the north of the enclave, authorities from the Hamas government’s Ministry of Health. In all, more than 150 Gazans lost their lives in Israeli attacks on the Palestinian enclave over the past 24 hours.
Authorities have warned that among the injured there are “very critical cases” And an unknown number of victims remain under the rubblewithout ambulances and civil protection teams being able to reach them.
“The Israeli occupation army is clearly pursuing a war of ethnic cleansing, eradication and extermination,” the government media office in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip denounced last night, referring to this latest attack and the 15 consecutive days of siege of Israel. . the north of the Palestinian enclave.
In a statement released later, The Israeli military called the death toll “exaggerated.” and claimed to have used “precision munitions”. However, this is a common allegation that Tel Aviv uses despite the deaths of dozens of civilians in previous attacks.
The Hebrew Army described the area in question as “an active war zone“. Palestinian sources have denounced for two weeks indiscriminate attacks, lack of food and the siege of Beit Lahia, Beit Hanoun and Jabalia from the rest of the enclave.
Attacks on hospitals
In addition to this deadly attack, Hospitals in the north of the enclave were also attacked in recent hours by Israel, which surrounded the Indonesian hospital with tanks and demolished part of its walls. Al Awda and Al Yaman Al Saeed hospitals were also damaged.
The director of the Indonesian hospital, located in Beit Lahia, Marwan Sultan, indicated that Israeli artillery attacked the second and third floors, which “endangered the lives of patients and medical staff.in addition to its water tanks and the electricity network.
Israeli attacks also reached the refugee camp in Yabaliyathe largest on the Strip. Thousands of people continue to sleep in the countryside without food or drink because of the siege and there are dozens of corpses scattered in the streets.
The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has warned that around 20,000 people were forced to leave the terrain due to the intensity of the attacks.
Sources from the Gaza Ministry of Health confirmed this Saturday that nearly 500 people have died in recent weeks and that the attack on hospitals prevents the treatment of new victims.
With these attacks, this is the number of deaths since the start of the war on October 7, 2023 today it exceeded 42,600 -mostly women and children- and 99,800 injured, in an enclave whose health system is on the verge of collapse.
Offensive in Lebanon
In recent hours, the Israeli army detected the launch of more than 100 projectiles from Lebanonsome of which were intercepted while others fell in the north of the country, causing fires but no casualties. Most were directed against Upper Galilee and Western Galilee.
The army also intercepted a “suspicious aerial target” off the coast of Haifa, and another “suspicious target” coming from the east (and later claimed by the Islamic Resistance in Iraq) fell in an open area of the plateau of Golan occupied by Israel. , without causing any casualties.
These launches come as Israel continues its bombing campaign against Hezbollah in Lebanon. This Sunday, Israeli forces returned attacks the southern suburbs of Beirutknown as Dahye, after the Israeli army ordered the evacuation of several points in this damaged area, located about six kilometers from the Lebanese capital and now transformed into a ghost suburb.
This is the second attack in two days on Dahye, an area severely punished since the start of the bombing campaign launched by Israel on September 23, after almost a year of crossfire with Hezbollah on the other side. of the border.
On the other hand, Israel confirmed that its air force had attacked this Sunday Hezbollah Intelligence Headquarters and an underground weapons production workshop in Beirut.
In a statement, the Israeli army said its fighter jets had killed three Hezbollah commandersincluding Alhaj Abbas Salameh, a senior official in the group’s Southern Command, Radja Abbas Awache, a communications expert, and Ahmad Ali Hussein, who he said was responsible for strategic weapons development.
