Israeli airstrikes hit a densely populated area of northern Gaza without warning, killing at least 35 Palestinians.
Dozens of Palestinians have been killed after an Israeli strike destroyed several buildings in a residential area of Beit Lahiya in besieged northern Gaza, with the Health Ministry calling it a “horrific massacre”.
According to witnesses and medical sources, at least 35 people were killed on Saturday evening and dozens more were injured, Tel Aviv Tribune’s Tareq Abu Azzoum said, reporting from central Gaza.
According to local media, civil defense teams were unable to reach the site due to Israeli fire.
Abu Azzoum said multiple airstrikes hit the densely populated area without any warning.
“People are trying to recover victims from under the rubble because civil defense rescuers are unable to reach the scene after first responders were targeted by Israeli forces earlier in the day,” he said. -he declared.
“Beit Lahiya and Jabalia are considered the two main key urban centers in northern Gaza, and families displaced from other areas of Gaza have come to seek shelter in shelters there. They have both suffered heavy attacks for more than three weeks.
The Palestinian Wafa news agency reported that most of the dead and injured are children, women and the elderly.
Rescue efforts are being hampered by a lack of ambulances and civil defense services, with Israeli forces blocking access to the area, the statement said.
The airstrike targeted at least five houses near the western Beit Lahiya roundabout, belonging to the Abu Shdaq, Al-Masri and Salman families, Wafa said.
Northern Gaza has been the subject of a ground attack for three weeks by Israeli forces who are forcibly displacing tens of thousands of residents from the area.
The Health Ministry reported that Israeli military strikes on Jabalia, Beit Hanoon and Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza killed around 800 people during a three-week offensive.
Israeli forces withdrew from Kamal Adwan Hospital on Saturday, leaving behind considerable damage. At least 30 medical staff were kidnapped and the hospital building suffered extensive damage.
The UN special rapporteur on health on Friday used a new term – medicine – to describe Israel’s widespread and systematic attacks on health personnel and facilities.
