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Days of Palestine
21-05-2025
- Politics
- Days of Palestine
New Israeli massacres in Gaza kill at least 87 in 24 hours
DaysofPal- Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip has claimed the lives of at least 87 Palestinians and wounded 290 others in the past 24 hours, according to the latest update from the Ministry of Health in the besieged enclave. This brings the total number of confirmed fatalities since the start of the war to 53,573, with 121,688 wounded. The ministry further noted that many victims remain trapped beneath the rubble, unreachable due to continued bombardment and the destruction of essential infrastructure. The Israeli occupation forces have significantly intensified their military operations since dawn on Tuesday, with concentrated air and artillery strikes targeting Gaza City and central areas of the Strip. Local sources report a series of deadly attacks across the territory. In one of the most devastating incidents, Israeli warplanes bombed Musa bin Nusair School, located in the Al-Daraj neighborhood east of Gaza City. The school, which had been serving as a shelter for displaced families, was struck at dawn, resulting in the deaths of 12 civilians. In the central Gaza Strip, an Israeli strike targeted the Radi petroleum station west of the Nuseirat refugee camp, killing 15 people, including children. In the city of Deir al-Balah, an Israeli shelling of a home belonging to the Abu Samra family led to the deaths of 13 individuals, as reported by an Al Jazeera correspondent. In northern Gaza, Israeli forces shelled a house belonging to the al-Muqaid family in the Jabalia area, killing seven people, including women and children. Another attack targeted a house in Ezbet Milim in Jabalia camp, resulting in nine more deaths and injuries. Further reports indicated that Israeli warplanes launched ten separate air raids on Al-Tuffah neighborhood in eastern Gaza City and on areas east of Jabalia Al-Balad. In the southern Gaza Strip, an Israeli bombing struck a tent sheltering displaced people in Al-Mawasi, west of Khan Younis, leaving several injured. Earlier, seven Palestinians, including women and children, were killed when an Israeli strike targeted a school west of Nuseirat refugee camp that was also serving as a shelter. The Gaza Strip has been enduring a week of continuous shelling, airstrikes, and widespread destruction of residential neighborhoods. Thousands have been forced to flee their homes under tragic conditions, many of them for the second or third time. The humanitarian situation is rapidly deteriorating, with civilians facing extreme shortages of food, water, medical supplies, and shelter. The Ministry of Health in Gaza also accused Israeli forces of intensifying a systematic campaign to disable the health sector. Israeli airstrikes directly targeted the European Gaza Hospital east of Khan Younis. A fire broke out in the hospital's generator system as a result, and civil defense crews worked to extinguish it. The Indonesian Hospital was shelled by Israeli forces, which struck the generator area and caused a fire that raged for hours while civil defense teams were unable to get to the scene. Panic spread among patients and medical staff trapped inside. In another serious escalation, Israeli warplanes bombed the main pharmaceutical warehouse at Nasser Hospital. The Ministry of Health reported that the attack destroyed large quantities of the few remaining medical supplies, worsening the already critical shortage of life-saving medications. Since October 7, 2023, Israel has been waging what Palestinian officials and rights groups describe as a genocidal war against the Gaza Strip. The campaign has involved widespread killing, destruction, starvation, and forced displacement while ignoring international appeals and legally binding orders from the International Court of Justice calling for an end to hostilities. The ongoing, US-backed war has resulted in more than 174,000 Palestinians killed or wounded, the majority of them women and children, with more than 11,000 others still missing, many believed to be buried beneath the rubble. Hundreds of thousands remain displaced, facing a future marked by uncertainty, trauma, and immense loss. Shortlink for this post:
Saudi Gazette
20-05-2025
- Politics
- Saudi Gazette
At least 38 killed by Israeli strikes in Gaza in half-hour period, medics say
CAIRO — At least 38 Palestinians were killed in a series of Israeli air strikes across the Gaza Strip during a half-hour period overnight, according to Palestinian medics. Israeli warplanes struck several locations, including a school in eastern Gaza City, and an abandoned fuel station sheltering displaced families in central Gaza's Nuseirat refugee camp, according to the Hamas-run civil defense agency. It added that rescue teams were facing major difficulties reaching the wounded due to a lack of equipment and the intensity of the bombardment. The attack comes after Israel issued a sweeping evacuation order for civilians in Gaza in preparation for what it said was an "unprecedented attack". Ten people were killed when an Israeli air strike hit classrooms at the Musa bin Nusayr School, where hundreds of displaced people were sheltering, according to local activists in Gaza City. In central Gaza, 15 people were reported killed in a strike targeting tents at an abandoned fuel station in Nuseirat. Meanwhile, local journalists said 13 Palestinians were killed in an air strike on the Abu Samra family's three-story home in central Deir al-Balah. Separately, Israeli jets launched 10 air strikes on the Shujaiya neighbourhood in eastern Gaza City. Local reports described the blasts as causing tremors similar to an earthquake. The strikes are believed to have targeted Hamas's network of underground tunnels. The attack comes as the leaders of the UK, France and Canada issued a joint statement threatening action if Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu persisted with his goal to "take control" of all of Gaza. Jeremy Bowen: Goodwill running out as UK, France and Canada demand Israel end Gaza offensive Netanyahu described the statement as a "huge prize" for Hamas. Earlier, Israel said it would allow a "basic amount" of food into Gaza, ending an 11-week blockade of the territory. But United Nations aid chief Tom Fletcher said the amount of aid was a "drop in the ocean of what is urgently needed". The war was triggered by the Hamas-led attacks on southern Israel on 7 October 2023, which saw about 1,200 people killed and 251 taken hostage. Some 58 hostages remain in Gaza, up to 23 of whom are believed to be alive. At least 53,486 Palestinians have been killed during Israel's military campaign in Gaza, according the Hamas-run health ministry. — BBC
Ammon
20-05-2025
- Politics
- Ammon
Dozens of Palestinians killed and injured by Israeli bombardment of Gaza areas
Ammon News - Dozens of civilians, most of them children and women, have been killed and wounded since dawn on Tuesday in renewed Israeli bombardment of several areas in the Gaza Strip. 12 civilians, including children, were killed in the massacre committed by the Israeli occupation against the Abu Samra family, following the bombing of their home in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip. Two civilians were killed and others were wounded in an Israeli drone strike on the al-Manara area, east of Khan Yunis, south of Gaza City. The death toll from the Israeli bombing of a gas station west of the Nuseirat refugee camp has risen to 15. A citizen was killed in Israeli bombing of al-Sikka Street in the al-Zeitoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City. According to medical sources, more than 60 civilians, including children and women, have been killed since dawn today as a result of a series of airstrikes and brutal massacres committed by the Israeli occupation, which bombed homes and tents housing displaced persons in the Gaza Strip. Israeli gunboats are firing at civilian homes in Beit Lahia, north of the Gaza Strip. Since October 7, 2023, the Israeli occupation forces have launched an offensive on the Gaza Strip, resulting in the killing of 53,486 civilians, the majority of whom were children and women, and the injury of 121,398 others.
