Gaza’s Health Ministry said on Monday that Israeli forces killed at least seven Palestinians and injured 17 over the previous 24-hour period, marking an escalation of IDF attacks in the Strip amid the US-Israeli war against Iran.
The Quds News Network reported that just after midnight, an Israeli strike hit a tent in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, killing three people: two women and a 12-year-old girl. Ten other people, including some children, were injured in the attack. According to photos from the funeral for the victims, one of the women was a journalist, as she had a press vest placed on her body.
Another Israeli strike on Sunday night killed three men, including a paramedic, west of Gaza City. On Monday, the Palestinian news agency WAFA reported that an Israeli drone bombed a group of civilians southeast of Gaza City, killing one.
Gaza’s Health Ministry said that since the so-called ceasefire deal was signed in early October, Israeli attacks have killed at least 648 Palestinians and wounded 1,728. “A number of victims are still under the rubble and in the streets, as ambulance and civil defense crews have been unable to reach them so far,” the ministry said.
When the Iran war began, Israel shut down all border crossings into Gaza. As of Saturday, some limited humanitarian aid was being allowed to enter through the Kerem Shalom crossing in southern Gaza, but the closures are causing shortages of food and other goods, leading to price increases. Shutting the border crossings marks another violation of the ceasefire deal, which calls for unrestricted humanitarian aid deliveries.
