The Israeli army intensified its bombardment of the Gaza Strip on Saturday, hitting schools, mosques and other hospitals in the besieged enclave, a day after attacking a convoy of ambulances carrying seriously injured patients from the al-Shifa hospital at the Rafah border post.
At least 231 people were killed in Gaza in Israeli attacks in the last 24 hours alone, Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra said.
This brings the total death toll since October 7 to 9,488 Palestinians, including 3,900 children. More than 1,400 people have been killed in Israel.
The Israeli army targeted solar panels installed in hospitals and residences, cutting off the only remaining source of electricity for many Palestinian civilians.
At least 15 people were killed and 54 injured when an Israeli missile struck the al-Fakhoora school run by the United Nations Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) in the Jabalia refugee camp, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.
This was the third major attack on the Jabalia camp.
The fate of Gaza’s hospitals is becoming more and more dire. Israeli forces hit the power generator at al-Wafa Hospital, while generators at Kamal Adwan Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip “completely” shut down due to fuel shortages, the Gaza Strip’s interior ministry said.
This attack on the hospital comes a day after the Israeli army attacked the entrance to al-Shifa Hospital and the areas surrounding al-Quds Hospital and the Indonesian Hospital.
The entrance to al-Nasser Children’s Hospital in Gaza City was also attacked on Saturday, as were two mosques in southern Gaza City.