At least 50 Palestinians killed in Israeli military attacks on Gaza Strip Israeli army tightens its grip around Jabaliya North of the enclave on Tuesday (Oct. 15, 2024) amid fierce fighting with Hamas-led fighters.
Palestinian health officials said at least 17 people were killed by Israeli gunfire near al-Fallujah in Jabaliya, the largest of Gaza’s eight historic refugee camps, while 10 were killed in an Israeli missile strike in Bani Suhayla, east of Khan Yunis, in the south. Others were killed. Home.
Earlier on Tuesday (October 15, 2024), an Israeli airstrike destroyed three houses in the Sabra suburb of Gaza City, and the local civil emergency service said they recovered two bodies from the site, while 12 others were injured. The search continued. To be at home during the strike.
Eight other people were killed in an attack on a house in the Nuseirat camp in central Gaza.
Later on Tuesday (October 15, 2024), the Gaza Health Ministry said a doctor died while trying to help people injured by Israeli strikes in al-Fallujah, Gaza. It said several medics were injured when their ambulances were hit by Israeli fire in the northern and southern Gaza Strip.
Jabaliya has been the center of an Israeli offensive for more than 10 days, with troops returning to areas in the north that came under heavy bombardment in the early months of the year-long war.
This operation has raised concerns among Palestinians and UN agencies Israel wants to clear residents from the north In a crowded area, an allegation he denied. Residents said Israeli forces had destroyed dozens of homes over the past 10 days.
The UN human rights office said on Tuesday (October 15, 2024) that Israeli forces appear to be “completely cutting off northern Gaza from the rest of the Gaza Strip.”
“Families are facing unimaginable fear, loss of loved ones, confusion and exhaustion amid the ongoing intense hostilities and evacuation orders in northern Gaza. People must be able to flee safely without facing further danger, ” ICRC Gaza deputy head of delegation Adrian Zimmerman said in a statement.
He said, “Many people, including the sick and disabled, cannot leave, and they are protected under international humanitarian law – all possible precautions must be taken to ensure that they remain safe. Every displaced person has the right to return home in safety.” Have the right.”
The Israeli military’s humanitarian unit, Kogat, which provides foreign aid and commercial shipments to Gaza, said in a statement on Tuesday (October 15, 2024) that the operation in Jabaliya targeted terrorist infrastructure and operatives hidden inside civilian areas. Were staying. It said it was providing humanitarian and especially medical assistance to residents.
Hamas denies that it has included its operatives among civilians.
Jabaliya was surrounded
Israeli forces have now surrounded the Jabaliya camp and sent tanks into the nearby towns of Beit Lahiya and Beit Hanoun, with the stated aim of eliminating Hamas fighters trying to regroup there.
The Israeli military has told residents to leave their homes and move to safer areas in southern Gaza. Palestinian and United Nations officials say that no place in Gaza is safe.
Hamas’s armed wing said fighters were engaged in fierce fighting with Israeli forces in and around Jabaliya.
Mr Zimmerman also urged protection of health facilities in the north, saying hospitals were struggling to provide medical services.
Order to evacuate three Gaza hospitals
Gaza’s health ministry said the army had ordered the evacuation of three run-down hospitals there, but medical staff said they were determined to continue their services, even though they were overwhelmed by the rising number of casualties.
Kogat said that in recent days it has facilitated the transfer of 33 patients, medical staff and their accompanying personnel from Kamal Adwan Hospital in the north to functioning facilities elsewhere in Gaza.
It said it has also provided 68,650 liters of fuel to hospitals and coordinated the delivery of 800 blood transfusion units.
Ismail al-Thawbta, director of the Hamas-run Gaza government’s media office, said Israel was trying to give a misleading impression and that its forces were blocking ambulances and civilian emergency teams from recovering dozens of bodies from the streets.
“Israel’s goal is to completely destroy the health system and hospitals,” Thawabta said, adding that Israel’s military has imposed a siege on the area for more than 170 days, closing all humanitarian access points. Have gone.
On Monday, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned the civilian casualties in northern Gaza.
The northern part of Gaza is home to more than half of the territory’s 2.3 million people and hundreds of thousands of residents were forced to flee their homes amid heavy bombardment in the first phase of Israel’s assault on the territory.
According to UN estimates, about 400,000 people survived.
Israel launched an offensive against Hamas following the terrorist group’s October 7 attack on Israel, which left 1,200 people dead and about 250 taken hostage by Israeli soldiers in Gaza. More than 42,000 Palestinians have been killed in the attack so far, according to Gaza health officials.
published – October 15, 2024 05:55 PM IST