Israeli strikes kill scores of Palestinians across Gaza
At least 44 Palestinians have been killed in the past 24 hours, including 25 since dawn
A child looks
on as people mourn Palestinians killed in Israeli strikes, at Nasser
hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, November 9, 2024
(Reuters)
At least 25 Palestinians, including women and children, have been killed in Israeli air strikes across the Gaza Strip since dawn on Saturday, the Palestinian health ministry said.
One of the strikes targeted a school sheltering displaced
Palestinians in Gaza City’s eastern Tuffah neighbourhood, killing six
people from two families - including a pregnant woman and children - and
wounding 22 others.
Another Israeli air strike hit tents housing displaced Palestinians
in al-Mawasi, in the southern region of Khan Younis, killing at least
nine people and injuring 11 others.
Four more Palestinians were killed in two separate attacks on the northern town of Beit Lahia.
Palestinian health authorities said that at least 44 people have been
killed in the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of Palestinians
killed since the start of Israel's war on Gaza last year to 43,552.
On Friday, Unicef said it had registered at least 64 attacks - almost
two every day - on schools sheltering Palestinian families in Gaza
during October.
Unicef also reported that "more than 95 percent of schools in Gaza
have been partially or completely destroyed" since the start of the war.
In a new report, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner
for Human Rights (OHCHR) said women and children make up nearly 70
percent of the thousands of fatalities it had managed to verify.
The report found that children aged five to nine made up the largest
group of victims, with the youngest victim being a one-day-old boy and
the oldest a 97-year-old woman.
The OHCHR also found that about 80 percent of all the verified deaths
in Gaza occurred during Israeli attacks on residential buildings or
similar housing.
On Friday, the Famine Review Committee (FRC) issued a rare alert,
warning of a strong likelihood of imminent famine in parts of northern
Gaza, where Israel has imposed a blockade and has carried out a new
military campaign for over a month.
Israel said on Saturday that 11 aid trucks containing food, water and
medical supplies reached the far north of Gaza on Thursday, including
the Jabalia refugee camp, which has been heavily targeted by Israeli
strikes since 5 October.
This marks the first time aid has reached northern Gaza since Israel began its offensive in the area.
Rights groups have accused Israel of using starvation as a tactic to
force residents to leave northern Gaza as part of its strategy to clear
the area and maintain permanent control.
The announcement comes days before a US-imposed deadline for Israel
to improve aid deliveries across Gaza or face potential restrictions on
military cooperation.