The family of Gaza who lost 9 children in an Israeli attack. The tragic balance of the last 24 hours
At least 79 people have been killed in the last 24 hours after the attacks launched by Israel on the Gaza strip, according to a statement issued by the Ministry of Health on Saturday. The balance sheet does not include victims in hospitals in the northern territory, a severely affected and current region. Among the dead are nine of the ten children of a doctor.
The children were between 7 months and 12 years old. Photo: x / @yemen24a
The tragedy hit the family of the pediatrician Alaa Najjar, who was on guard at Nasser Hospital at the time of the attack. According to his colleagues, the doctor returned home, where he found his home in flames. His husband was seriously injured, and the only child left in life – an 11 -year -old boy – is in critical condition. The other nine children of the family were between seven and 12 months old, according to AP News.
According to the Israeli army, the attack targeted “Suspect” Learn in a building near their own troops and the Khan Younis area has been described straight “Dangerous war area”. Israeli authorities claim that they had evacuated civilians and that “Information on non -involved civil victims” are in the course of verification.
Israeli air forces have announced that they have hit over 100 targets in Gaza during the last day. The new deaths raise the total number of victims registered in the Gaza Strip, from the beginning of the war of October 7, 2023, to 53,901, according to the health authorities in Gaza. Only since March 18, since Israel resumed the offensive to press Hamas to accept fire termination, 3,747 people have been killed.
The humanitarian crisis deepens
Gaza strip, where over two million people live, is subjected to a blockade since the beginning of March. Although this week a few trucks with aids managed to enter the territory, the flow is well below the approximately 600 trucks that entered daily during the previous armistice.
International pressure on Israel has increased, against the background of images with hungry Palestinians who are crammed into the few remaining functional canteens. Despite a new aid distribution system supported by the US, UN and humanitarian NGOs rejected it, accusing Israel of using food as a weapon.
Israel continues to declare that it will stop the offensive until all 58 Israeli hostages will not be released and Hamas will not submit the weapons. It is believed that less than half of them are still alive. In reply, Hamas demands the release of Palestinian prisoners, a complete ceasefire and withdrawal of Israel from Gaza.
