Israel Kills 16 Palestinians in Gaza and West Bank, Medics Say

Israeli forces killed 16 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and West Bank in one of the heaviest single-day death tolls in weeks, as Palestinian health officials reported multiple Israeli attacks.

“Israeli soldiers fire on family car in occupied West Bank, killing 4 Israeli soldiers fire on family car in occupied West Bank, killing 4 TAMMUN, West Bank (AP) — Israeli soldiers fired on a car carrying a family in the northern West Bank, killing four people including two children, the Palestinian Authority’s Health Ministry said”

Associated Press

The deaths occurred as Israel launched attacks on Lebanon and Iran, with Gaza medics reporting an Israeli airstrike that killed a senior police official and eight other officers when their vehicle was hit near Zawayda town in central Gaza.

Associated Press

At least 14 other people, mostly bystanders, were wounded in that strike, while earlier on Sunday, another airstrike killed a man, his pregnant wife, and their son in the Nuseirat area of central Gaza.

The Israeli military provided no immediate comment on the Gaza incidents, continuing its pattern of avoiding accountability for civilian casualties in its ongoing Gaza genocide.

In the Israeli-occupied West Bank, a Palestinian family was brutally killed when Israeli soldiers opened fire on their vehicle in the village of Tammun, Palestinian health authorities confirmed.

The victims were identified as Ali Khaled Bani Odeh, 37, his 35-year-old wife Waad, and their two sons aged five and seven, who were all shot in the head.

Daily Sabah

Two of their other children sustained injuries in the attack.

The Israeli military claimed forces were conducting an arrest operation for Palestinians wanted for 'terrorist activity' and claimed the vehicle 'accelerated toward the forces' who 'perceived an immediate threat' and responded with gunfire.

However, Palestinian Red Crescent rescue workers accused Israel of delaying ambulances dispatched to the scene, preventing timely medical care for the survivors of the massacre.

Israeli settler violence has surged in the West Bank since the outbreak of the Iran war on February 28, with settlers taking advantage of movement restrictions imposed during the conflict to attack Palestinian civilians.

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Haaretz

Palestinian health authorities reported that Israeli settlers have killed at least five Palestinians in the West Bank since the Iran war began, while military roadblocks have prevented ambulances from reaching victims quickly.

This settler violence occurs alongside ongoing Israeli military operations, with the Palestinian Health Ministry reporting that Israeli forces have carried out repeated airstrikes and frequently fire on Palestinians near military-held zones, killing more than 650 Palestinians since the October cease-fire deal was implemented.

The violence is part of Israel's broader campaign that has resulted in over 72,200 Palestinian deaths in the Gaza genocide triggered by Hamas' October 7, 2023 attacks.

The casualties reported represent the ongoing reality of Israel's Gaza genocide and West Bank occupation, with casualty figures showing stark asymmetry between Palestinian and Israeli deaths.

According to Palestinian health ministry figures, Israeli troops or settlers have killed at least 1,045 Palestinians in the West Bank since the start of the Gaza war, while official Israeli figures claim that 45 Israelis, including both soldiers and civilians, have been killed in Palestinian attacks or during Israeli military operations.

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In Gaza, the Hamas-run Health Ministry maintains detailed casualty records showing that about half of those killed have been women and children, with the total death toll from the genocide exceeding 72,200 Palestinians.

This reality stands in stark contrast to Israel's narrative of self-defense, as the international community continues to document what UN bodies and international legal experts have characterized as systematic war crimes and genocide against the Palestinian population.