Civilian casualties have spiraled with a UN school-turned-shelter and hospitals targeted.
from thefreeonline On 5 Nov 2023 by Many Journalists at Al Jazeera
The Israeli army intensified its bombardment of the Gaza Strip on Saturday, hitting schools, mosques and more hospitals in the besieged enclave, a day after attacking a convoy of ambulances transporting critically wounded patients from the al-Shifa Hospital to the Rafah border crossing,
This brings the overall death toll since October 7 to 9,488 Palestinians, including 3,900 children. More than 1,400 people have been killed in Israel.
At least 231 people were killed in Gaza in Israeli attacks in the last 24 hours alone, Ministry of Health spokesperson Ashraf al-Qudra said.
The Israeli army has been targeting solar panels installed in hospitals and residential homes, cutting off the only remaining source of electricity for many Palestinian civilians.ç
At least 15 people were killed and 54 were wounded when an Israeli missile struck al-Fakhoora school run by the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) in the Jabalia refugee camp, according to the Palestinian health ministry.
It was the third major attack on the Jabalia camp.
The plight of hospitals in Gaza has been becoming increasingly dire. Israeli forces hit the power generator of al-Wafa Hospital, while the generators of Kamal Adwan Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip “completely” shut down due to the fuel shortage, the Interior Ministry of the Gaza Strip said.
That hospital attack comes a day after the Israeli army attacked the entrance to al-Shifa Hospital and areas surrounding al-Quds Hospital and the Indonesian Hospital.
Palestinians in shock and mourning following an attack at a UN-run school sheltering displaced people, in the Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip. [Anas al-Shareef/Reuters]
The entrance of al-Nasser Children’s Hospital in Gaza City was also attacked on Saturday, as were two mosques in southern Gaza City.
A Palestinian child reacts following an attack on a UN-run school in the Jabalia refugee camp. [Anas al-Shareef/Reuters]
Israeli minister slammed for saying dropping nuclear bomb on Gaza an option An Israeli minister was slammed after he said Israel could drop a nuclear bomb on Gaza. Speaking to Radio Kol Berama, Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu of the far-right Otzma Yehudir party also said he would favour the return of settlements in the besieged enclave while suggesting Palestinians in Gaza to move to “Ireland or deserts”.
A man rushes with a toddler in his arms into al-Shifa hospital following the Israeli bombardment of Gaza City’s Mansura neighbourhood, in the eastern suburb of Shujaiya. [Bashar Taleb/AFP]
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