Gaza: Israeli Aggression Claim 13 Lives Amid Critical Medicine Shortages
Israeli airstrikes have resulted in the deaths of at least 13 civilians since dawn on Thursday, as the humanitarian crisis deepens in the Gaza Strip. Medical sources confirm that the ongoing bombardment has inflicted widespread casualties, with several areas being targeted throughout the day.
Among the victims were three individuals martyred when Israeli shelling struck a tent housing displaced persons from the Farajallah family in the al-Sawariha area, west of al-Nuseirat. Additional fatalities were reported in Khan Yunis, where two more were martyred in a similar attack on a tent, and a freed prisoner, Ali al-Sarafiti, along with his wife and four children, lost their lives in an airstrike on their home in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood.
A Palestinian mother lost consciousness from the shock, while her children screamed in fear after a nearby house was bombed in Khan Younis refugee camp, in the southern Gaza Strip. pic.twitter.com/lAiPZvUcXT
— Eye on Palestine (@EyeonPalestine) April 23, 2025
The Israeli aggression has not spared other regions, with strikes reported in Jabalia and Rafah, causing further injuries and destruction. This renewed aggression follows a ceasefire agreement that had been in place for approximately 60 days, which was brokered by American, Egyptian, and Qatari mediators.
In a grim update, Marwan al-Hams, director of field hospitals in Gaza, reported that the death toll has surpassed 52,000 since the onset of Israeli aggression. He highlighted that over 43% of those suffering from kidney failure have died due to a lack of medical treatment, as the healthcare sector grapples with severe shortages of essential medicines.
Palestinian children were injured in an Israeli airstrike on Jabalia, north of Gaza. pic.twitter.com/C1vVtnxnQj
— Eye on Palestine (@EyeonPalestine) April 24, 2025
Furthermore, the Israeli occupation has blocked the entry of polio vaccines for the 40th consecutive day, jeopardizing the health of 602,000 children in Gaza who are at risk of permanent paralysis without vaccination. The Ministry of Health warns that the ongoing blockade and lack of proper nutrition and clean water pose additional health complications for the population.
In light of the situation, the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor expressed its deep concern about the worsening cash crisis in the Gaza Strip as a result of the crimes of the Israeli occupation, which aims to dismantle the foundations of civilian life by destroying the banking infrastructure and closing bank branches and ATMs.
The Observatory warned that these practices impose coercive living conditions that lead to the slow and systematic destruction of the population. They constitute an internationally prohibited crime of genocide, a violation of international humanitarian law, and a direct attack on the basic rights of Palestinians, including the rights to life, dignity, food, health, housing, and work.
With a piece of bread made from infested flour and a sprinkle of red pepper, Haya and her sister try to ease the hunger of yet another day in Gaza — under a suffocating blockade and a ban on aid, where food is scarce and survival grows harder.
برغيف من طحين مُسوّس ورشة فلفل… pic.twitter.com/w43P4cXYvp
— Eye on Palestine (@EyeonPalestine) April 23, 2025
The statement added that since the beginning of its aggression in October 2023, Israel has been preventing the entry of any cash, accompanied by targeting bank headquarters and destroying ATMs, forcing most of them to close and causing a stifling economic and humanitarian crisis, forcing residents to resort to the black market at exorbitant prices to regain their livelihoods.
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