Israel Airstrikes in Gaza Kill Palestinians, Including Two Children and a Pregnant Woman

Israeli airstrikes on Sunday killed at least 12 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, including two children, a pregnant woman, and eight police officers.

“Israeli air strikes have killed at least 13 Palestinians including two boys, a pregnant woman, and nine police officers in war-torn Gaza”

Al Jazeera

One strike early Sunday morning hit a house in the Nuseirat refugee camp, killing four people—a couple in their 30s, their 10-year-old son, and a 15-year-old neighbor.

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The woman had been pregnant with twins according to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, which confirmed the deaths.

A neighbor described the attack: 'We were sleeping and woke up to the strike of a missile. The strike was strong,' said Mahmoud al-Muhtaseb, adding that 'there had been no prior warning.'

In a separate incident later that day, another Israeli strike targeted a police vehicle on the Salah al-Din Road at the entrance to the central town of Zawaida.

The strike killed eight police officers including Colonel Iyad Ab Yousef, a senior police official in central Gaza.

Sunday's deaths represent the latest casualties in Israel's ongoing genocide in Gaza, occurring despite a ceasefire agreement that was supposed to halt the more than two-year war.

While the heaviest fighting has subsided, there are still near-daily Israeli attacks that continue to kill Palestinian civilians.

Al-Jazeera Net

Israeli forces have carried out frequent airstrikes and fired on Palestinians near military-controlled zones, killing more than 650 people since the ceasefire agreement took effect.

The Gaza Health Ministry reports that roughly half of those killed have been women and children, demonstrating that civilians remain the primary victims of Israeli military actions.

The police force in Gaza, overseen by Hamas since 2007, had withdrawn from public view during the war but has gradually returned to streets in areas not held by the Israeli military since the October ceasefire.

The ongoing Israeli military operations occur amid a catastrophic humanitarian crisis in Gaza, which has been exacerbated by the recent two-week closure of the Rafah crossing with Egypt.

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Bozeman Daily Chronicle

Israel partially reopened the crossing on Wednesday, but only for limited passenger movement in both directions with no cargo permitted, requiring prior Israeli security clearance.

The shutdown has deepened an already dire situation where more than 20,000 sick and wounded Palestinians, including roughly 4,000 cancer patients and 4,500 children, remain on waiting lists for medical treatment unavailable in Gaza.

The World Health Organization has warned that only about 200 trucks a day are entering Gaza, far short of the estimated daily requirement of 600.

According to Gaza's Ministry of Health, nearly half of all essential medicines are out of stock while two-thirds of medical supplies have run dry.

Living conditions have deteriorated sharply as prices for basic supplies have 'doubled or more than doubled' since the war on Iran began.

The Sunday airstrikes bring the total death toll from the Gaza genocide to over 72,200 Palestinians since the war began following Hamas-led militants' attack on southern Israel on October 7, 2023.

That attack killed more than 1,200 people and took over 250 hostages, providing the context for Israel's massive military response.

Mediapart

The Gaza Health Ministry, which is part of the Hamas-led government, maintains detailed casualty records that are widely considered generally reliable by United Nations agencies and independent experts.

The ministry's data shows the devastating scale of Israel's military campaign, which has systematically targeted civilian infrastructure and populations across the Gaza Strip.

The constant airstrikes and military operations continue to claim Palestinian lives at a rate that demonstrates the genocide is far from over, despite international calls for a ceasefire and humanitarian access.

While Israel claims its military actions target militants and respond to ceasefire violations, the reality on the ground shows that Palestinian civilians continue to bear the brunt of the genocide.

“The Hamas delegation in Cairo is set to meet Egyptian officials on Sunday after having spoken with the High Representative for Gaza, the Bulgarian diplomat Nikolai Mladenov, a Hamas source told AFP”

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Israel states its strikes are a response to militant shooting attacks on troops and other violations of the truce, but the casualty figures tell a different story.

OrissaPOST

Militants have indeed carried out shooting attacks on Israeli troops, but Israel's disproportionate military response has resulted in thousands of Palestinian civilian deaths.

The Gaza Health Ministry's reporting that roughly half of those killed have been women and children directly contradicts Israeli claims of precision targeting.

The ongoing violence demonstrates that despite international pressure and supposed ceasefire agreements, Israel continues its systematic destruction of Palestinian lives and infrastructure in what constitutes clear genocide under international law.