Israeli Attacks in Gaza Kill 44 Palestinians in 24 Hours

Attacks included the shelling of the Indonesian Hospital in northern Gaza

Gaza’s Health Ministry said Sunday that Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip killed 44 Palestinians and wounded 74 more over the previous 24-hour period as the daily US-backed slaughter continues.

The ministry only counts dead and wounded Palestinians brought to hospitals and morgues. “There are still a number of victims under the rubble and on the streets, and ambulance and civil defense crews cannot reach them,” the ministry wrote on Telegram.

Israeli attacks on Sunday included Israeli artillery shelling of the Indonesian Hospital in Beith Lahia, northern Gaza. “The occupation targets the Indonesian Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip with an artillery shell,” the Health Ministry said in another post on Telegram.

Aftermath of the Israeli shelling of the Indonesian Hospital in northern Gaza on December 8, 2024 (photo released by Gaza’s Health Ministry)

The Kamal Adwan Hospital, which is also in Beit Lahia, has come under constant Israeli attacks since the Israeli military began an ethnic cleansing campaign in northern Gaza in early October.

Other Israeli strikes were reported on Sunday in Gaza City and areas of central and southern Gaza. According to the Palestinian news agency WAFA, at least one Palestinian was killed by an attack on an apartment in Gaza City.

Near Deir el-Balah, central Gaza, Israeli strikes targeted a tent camp, killing at least five Palestinians. Another five were killed by Israeli strikes that hit a group of civilians north of the southern city of Rafah.

Gaza’s Health Ministry said the latest violence brought its death toll since October 2023 to 44,708 and the number of wounded to 106,050.

A group of American healthcare workers who volunteered in Gaza estimated in an open letter to President Biden in October that the US-backed Israeli onslaught has killed at least 118,908 Palestinians, a total that includes indirect deaths caused by the Israeli siege. Dr. Feroze Sidhwa, who led the letter, told Antiwar.com in a recent interview that the estimate was the bare minimum they came up with by looking at the available data.

Author: Dave DeCamp

Dave DeCamp is the news editor of Antiwar.com, follow him on Twitter @decampdave.