Israeli tanks and warplanes are carrying out new attacks on starving Palestinians in southern Gaza, as aid flows are hampered by the intensity of the attacks, now in their third month.
Hunger is worsening in the besieged enclave, with the United Nations saying half of Gaza’s population is starving.
An elderly Palestinian, Tawfik Abu Breika, said his residential building in Khan Younis was hit without warning on Tuesday by an Israeli airstrike that destroyed several buildings and caused casualties.
“The conscience of the world is dead, there is no more humanity or any kind of morality,” Breika said as neighbors sifted through the rubble. “This is the third month that we are facing death and destruction… This is ethnic cleansing, a complete destruction of the Gaza Strip to displace the entire population. »
Further south, in Rafah, on the border with Egypt, health officials said 23 people, including seven children, were killed in an Israeli airstrike overnight.
Residents said the bombing of Rafah, where the Israeli army this month ordered people to go for their safety, was among the most intense in days.
“At night we cannot sleep because of the bombings and in the morning we wander the streets looking for food for the children; there is no food,” said Abu Khalil, 40, a father of six.
Palestinians in Gaza are battling hunger and thirst to survive, resident Mohammed Obaid said as he surveyed debris in Rafah. “There is no electricity, no fuel, no water, no medicine.”
According to the latest figures from the Ministry of Health, at least 18,412 people have been killed and 50,100 injured in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7.