Israel ramped up its strikes on Gaza overnight Tuesday into Wednesday, slaughtering dozens of Palestinians.
Citing Palestinian medical sources, Middle East Eye reported that 79 Palestinians were killed Wednesday morning, making it one of the deadliest mornings in Gaza for weeks.
Gaza’s Health Ministry said Wednesday that at least 51 Palestinians were killed in the previous 24-hour period, a total that only includes dead and wounded people who arrived at hospitals or morgues and doesn’t account for those buried under the rubble.
The ministry said the latest violence brought its recorded death toll since October 7, 2023, to 41,689. It said another 165 were injured, bringing the total number of wounded to 96,625.
Israeli strikes on Wednesday included attacks on Gaza City, which targeted a school and an orphanage that were both sheltering displaced Palestinians. According to Middle East Eye, at least 25 people were killed in the two strikes, including women and children.
Israel also ramped up attacks on the southern city of Khan Younis on Tuesday night that involved tank raids. Reuters reported that 40 Palestinians were killed and dozens were wounded in Israeli operations around Khan Younis.
The latest massacres in Gaza come as the world’s attention is on Israel’s escalation in Lebanon and the Iranian missile attacks on Israel. The regional escalations put much less scrutiny on Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is reportedly considering an ethnic cleansing plan for northern Gaza.
In September, Gaza’s Health Ministry released the names of 34,344 Palestinians who have been killed by Israeli forces, including 11,355 children. Among the children were 710 infants who did not make it to their first birthday.
