In the past day alone, a total of 28 people have been killed and another 125 wounded in Gaza, bringing the total to 37,953 dead and 87,266 wounded. To these figures are added some 10,000 bodies still lying under the rubble.
The Israeli army’s bombardments were concentrated in northern and central Gaza, with particular intensity in Gaza City and the Shujaiya Neighborhoodkilled at least 16 people last night and this morning as the army has been carrying out a ground assault since last Thursday, the Palestinian news agency Wafa reported.
Gaza City has been one of the centers of Israeli attacks in recent weeks, with particular intensity in Shujaiya, where there have been “explosions, artillery strikes and shots from military vehicles, quadcopter drones and Apache helicopters,” Wafa said.
Palestinian media also reported an airstrike on a group of people as they “tried to return” to the neighborhood, killing four Palestinians and wounding another 17.
Several neighborhoods of Gaza’s capital were bombed throughout the night, including the area of ZarkaHe Zeitún district, or Tuffahwhere a plane bombed a printing press.
A total of 28 people have been killed in Gaza over the past day and another 125 people have been injured. 37,953 dead and 87,266 injured the total number, according to the Strip Ministry of Health. To these figures are added approximately 10,000 bodies that lie beneath the rubble without ambulances or rescue teams having had access to them, Gaza authorities said.
Attacks also on the occupied West Bank
In addition, the Israeli army killed four Palestinians in an airstrike with a drone in the early morning. Nur Shams Refugee Camp, Tulkaremwhile a fifth was killed in a special forces operation within Jeninalso in the northern occupied West Bank, the Palestinian Ministry of Health has confirmed.
Over the past year, Israeli incursions into the occupied West Bank have normalized, where Israel has also carried out more than 4100 arrests of ‘suspects’, including some 1,700 with alleged ties to Hamas.
The occupied West Bank is experiencing the worst spiral of violence since the Second Intifada (2000-2005), and until at least 2024 230 Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire, including several 45 minorsafter ending 2023 as the deadliest year in two decades with more than 520 deaths. On the Israeli side, they died this year Sixteen Israelis, ten uniformed and six civilians, five of whom were settlers.
Tensions on the border with Lebanon are rising
A drone attack by the Israeli army near the city of Tyre, South Lebanonhas killed at least two people, including a Hezbollah commander, amid escalating tensions in the region.
According to Hezbollah security sources accessed by the Al Jazeera network, the senior commander killed in the attack Abu Nimah Nasserwho was traveling with the other victim when his vehicle was hit.
Suicide attempts by Israeli hostages
On the other hand, an unknown number of Israeli hostages in Gaza, where they have been held by Hamas and other groups for nearly nine months, may have attempted suicide, the spokesman for Palestinian Islamic Jihad, one of the armed groups present in the Palestinian territories, reported on Wednesday.
According to a statement, the attempts to take his own life, about which no further details were given, were the result of the “frustration” over the lack of an agreement for his release by the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but also for the the worst living conditions imposed by their captors.
It is worth remembering that last month there were Israeli troops They killed about 270 Palestinians in Nuseirat refugee camp, central Gaza, during an operation frees four Israeli prisoners.
Conditions for Palestinian prisoners are deteriorating
On Monday, Israel’s Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gviragain defended his management of Israel’s prison system, admitting that one of his goals was to worsen the conditions of imprisoned Palestinians, many of whom are without charge.
Human rights groups and former Palestinian prisoners are denouncing this lack of food, abuse and humiliation in prisons, in addition to sexual abuse such as forced penetration with a stick in detention centers, these under the administration of the Ministry of Defense, in various parts of Israel.
Since the beginning of the attacks on Gaza, about 9,000 Palestinians have been arrestedMany in Gaza, and even their families, do not know their whereabouts or their health. Ben Gvir not only defends restricting the food they receive, but also advocates killing them by “shooting them in the head,” as he said in a viral video a few days ago.
Source: EITB
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