Despite the announcement of a temporary truce that will take effect in 24 hours, the Israeli occupation army intensified its bombing of civilians in the Gaza Strip while continuing to besiege its hospitals.
According to Ismail al-Thawabta, head of the Government Media office in Gaza, more than 200 Palestinians were killed in Gaza over the last 24 hours.
Israeli Airstrikes Continue
Ambulance and civil defense crews were able to retrieve more than 30 slain Palestinians and a number of wounded, following a bombing that targeted ten homes at dawn today in the Shejaiya neighborhood, east of Gaza City.
At least ten Palestinian were killed, and a number were wounded, when Israeli warplanes targeted two houses in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in Gaza City.
The four-day truce agreement was announced on Wednesday and the starting time is expected to be confirmed in the next 24 hours.
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At least nine Palestinian civilians were killed and others were injured on Wednesday morning in a new massacre committed by the Israeli occupation forces by targeting a house in the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip.
The Israeli occupation forces committed another massacre in northern Gaza at dawn Wednesday, killing more than 60 people from the Jabaliya camp in northeastern Gaza.
At least 15 people were killed on Tuesday evening and others were injured in a massacre committed by the Israeli occupation forces by targeting a residential apartment in Hamad City, west of Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip.
Medical sources said five people, including three rescue crews, were killed in an Israeli attack carried out on Tuesday evening in the Jabaliya refugee camp.
According to WAFA, the number of people killed in the northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday reached about 120, in addition to dozens of wounded and missing people as a result of the continuous Israeli occupation bombing of homes, hospitals and ambulances.
Kamal Adwan Hospital
The situation in the northern area remains dire. About 60 bodies and 200 wounded were brought into the Kamal Adwan Hospital overnight, hospital director Dr. Ahmed al-Kahlout told Al-Jazeera television on Wednesday.
Dr. Al-Kahlout said that the situation is catastrophic. Israeli airstrikes have affected all areas and targeted buildings in the vicinity of the hospital. “We are using cooking oil to keep the generators running,” he said.
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Indonesian Hospital
Meanwhile, thousands of Palestinians, including patients, displaced civilians and medical staff, are still inside the besieged Indonesian Hospital in northern Gaza.
Eyewitnesses also confirmed that the occupation forces abused the wounded in the Indonesian hospital, forced them to crawl, and arrested a number of them.
Citing the head of the hospital’s nursing department, the spokesperson for the Health Ministry in Gaza said on Tuesday that “there are corpses in all departments, and we lost many lives due to lack of supplies.”
“There are 60 bodies in front of the mortuaries,” the spokesperson said, adding they will be buried in courtyards inside the hospital.”
DIRECTOR GENERAL OF GOVERNMENT MEDIA OFFICE: More than 200 Palestinians were killed in 24 hours.
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Displaced Palestinians who reached the south from the north reported that Israeli occupation forces arrested several people in the Indonesian Hospital, after abusing them and forcing them to crawl a long distance.
According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, Israel has, thus far, killed over 14,128 Palestinians, including 5,840 children and 3,920 women. More than 31,000 Palestinians were wounded.
(The Palestine Chronicle)
