In the 412th day of the Israeli aggression on Gaza, the Israeli occupation forces have carried out a new and devastating massacre, leaving at least 88 Palestinian civilians dead, the majority of them women and children. The attacks, which occurred in the northern Gaza towns of Beit Lahia and Sheikh Radwan, have drawn widespread condemnation from the international community.
Another sad morning and farewell in Gaza
Palestinians bid the last farewell to their loved ones who were killed last night in an Israeli attack on a tent in Al-Mawasi, which Israel had designated as a “humanitarian zone”.
Al-Mawasi witnessed several deadly Israeli attacks,… pic.twitter.com/iCkINKw45I
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According to reports, the deadliest incident took place in a residential neighborhood near Kamal Adwan Hospital, where 66 people, mostly children and women, were killed and over 100 wounded when Israeli airstrikes destroyed several homes. Rescue efforts have been hampered, as the occupation forces have continued to prevent civil defense crews from accessing the sites.
A terrified child trembles from fear and cold following an Israeli assault in northern Gaza which has been under relentless Israeli attacks and military siege since October 5. pic.twitter.com/yvEvsZghB8
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“What I see is truly heartbreaking,” said Hussam Abu Safiya, the director of Kamal Adwan Hospital. “Dozens of martyrs are lying on the ground, and we are still retrieving bodies from the rubble. The health system in northern Gaza has completely collapsed, and we are powerless to do anything in the face of this relentless aggression.”
At dawn today, Israeli warplanes launched airstrikes on the Tal al-Hawa neighborhood southwest of Gaza City and the town of Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip. The occupation army also launched violent raids and fire belts on Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip.
More than 22 martyrs and missing persons were killed when the occupation warplanes bombed the house of the Jouda family in the old Gaza Street in Jabalia al-Balad, north of the Strip.
An Israeli massacre took place last night in Beit Lahiya in North Gaza, during which at least 66 Palestinians were killed. pic.twitter.com/au6qYA9uBy
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The Israeli warplanes also targeted the house of the Ghaboun family in the Sabra neighborhood, south of Gaza City, resulting in the deaths and injuries of people, including children. The Palestinian Information Center confirmed that helicopters are firing heavily towards the Tal al-Hawa neighborhood.
The occupation also continues to target the civil defense crews in Gaza, as its spokesman, Major Mahmoud Basal, said that his crews were directly targeted in the early hours of the morning by the occupation aircraft while they were trying to retrieve the martyrs and rescue the living from under the rubble of a house in the Sabra area, southwest of Gaza City.
He said that the targeting led to the martyrdom of rescuer Ali Muhammad Mustafa Omar and the injury of 3 others with varying injuries, bringing the number of civil defense martyrs since the beginning of the aggression to 87, according to Major Basal.
He added that this is the 18th time that the Israeli occupation has targeted the defense crews during their missions to save lives and alleviate the suffering of citizens.
The aftermath of a deadly Israeli attack targeting a residential block in Beit Lahiya in North Gaza, which killed at least 66 Palestinian civilian and injured around 100 others, last night. pic.twitter.com/RHa8su8zNg
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) November 21, 2024
In Gaza City, the Defense Ministry announced that its vehicles had stopped operating in the city due to running out of fuel, which threatens to cause humanitarian disasters as a result of the ongoing Israeli genocide.
For its part, the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) said that “there is massive destruction, a stifling siege, and starvation of civilians in the northern Gaza Strip after more than a month and a half of genocide and ethnic cleansing.”
Source: Agencies (edited and translated by Al-Manar English Website)
