On Monday, the Israeli military launched a new assault on the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis and ordered the evacuation of an area where 400,000 Palestinians were sheltering.
According to the Palestinian news agency WAFA, a heavy assault began almost immediately after the evacuation order, giving Palestinians on the ground no time to prepare and forcing them to flee under fire.
Gaza’s Health Ministry said the Israeli air and ground assault killed at least 70 Palestinians. “Due to the Israeli occupation’s attacks and massacres in Khan Younis governorate from the early hours of this morning until now, 70 people have been martyred and more than 200 wounded,” the ministry said, according to Al Jazeera.
The ministry said the dead included women and children. “We are tired. We are tired in Gaza. Every day our children are martyred – every day, every moment,” Ahmed Sammour, who lost family members in the Israeli attack, told Reuters. “No one told us to evacuate. They brought four floors crashing down on civilians, … and the bodies they could reach, they brought to the refrigerator [morgue].”
The IDF evacuation order covered some areas that were previously declared so-called “safe zones.” Such areas have been bombed by the IDF throughout the genocidal assault on Gaza, including the al-Mawasi camp, part of which was ordered to be evacuated on Monday.
According to the UN, about 1.9 million Palestinians, or nine in 10 people, have been internally displaced in Gaza. Some Palestinians have been displaced up to 10 times due to Israeli attacks.
Gaza’s Health Ministry also said on Monday that the death toll has crossed 39,000, a number that’s considered a low estimate since it doesn’t account for the estimated 10,000 people who are missing and presumed dead under the rubble. Others have died due to malnutrition, disease, and other health complications caused by the Israeli siege.
This should be good for an extra standing ovation for the Butcher Bibi from our shameless prostitutes on Capitol Hill. Nauseating.
Not all will be standing due to grabbing their ankles and may tad bit be sore.
Only if AIPAC orders them to assume the position.
Oh they givith the order even before Bibi took off.
… not to omit a give-it-up for the brave IDF who put their dogs on Muhammed Bhar.
Israel is so nice. Much better than Nasee-that. "Israel Launches New Assault on Khan Younis, Kills 70 Palestinians; The Israeli military began a heavy bombardment of the area immediately after ordering Palestinians to evacuate."
The picture accompanying this article has a lot of Israeli sniper material. Especially the woman in the wheelchair and the children. Although there are several men so maybe a 2000 lb. bomb is in order.
IDF thinks Hamas members were among the 70 Palestinians killed…! they're not…!
They are bombing tent cities because they are done with real buildings?
Maybe they accidently killed a Hamas member? Even their lies and excuses are getting spineless and more stupid by the day.
It is an asymmetrical war if there ever was one, the most moral army killing women and children with 2000 pound bombs, white phosphor and cluster bombs, how could they possibly lose that kind of war, the heroic IDF army, the worlds most moral Army.
Who came up with that joke? It is not even funny.
Death to Israel!
If it’s OK to do this to Palestinians, and if the US is a “nation of immigrants,” then there’s no moral reason why the US/Israel wouldn’t do the same to US citizens. A balance of power protects Americans, but that can change.
This is truly horrible, and some see Israel as “white” persecuting “nonwhite” which could lead to retaliation in the US or elsewhere, especially since so many white Americans support these attacks.