The Israeli military has been waging a devastating war on the Gaza Strip for more than 19 months, amid escalating massacres of defenseless civilians and the systematic use of starvation as a tool of war, resulting in thousands of casualties among women and children.
On the 72nd day of the resumption of the aggression, the Gaza Strip witnessed new bloody raids at dawn on Wednesday, resulting in the deaths of at least 14 Palestinians in Jabalia and Deir al-Balah. This followed another bloody day in which approximately 30 people were killed as a result of continuous shelling of various areas.
According to medical sources, Israeli forces committed two new massacres in the northern and central Gaza Strip, killing 15 people since midnight.
In the Saftawi neighborhood in northern Gaza, eight members of the family of journalist Osama al-Arabid were killed. The journalist was carried injured from the rubble of his home, while several other members of his family were killed in the bombing.
In Deir al-Balah, five members of the Aqeelan family, including women and children, were killed when their home was targeted in a violent airstrike.
On the humanitarian front, the first attempts to distribute aid under the US-backed Israeli plan failed. The operation in Rafah descended into chaos and panic, accompanied by gunfire, resulting in deaths and injuries, and sparking a wave of criticism from UN organizations regarding the circumstances of the operation.
As the famine worsened and living conditions collapsed, the humanitarian and security situation in Rafah exploded. The attempt to distribute aid devolved into a scene of killing, chaos, and arrests, amid growing calls from the international community, particularly European parties, to halt the war and allow the safe and orderly entry of humanitarian aid.
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Gaza under fire: 15 dead since dawn today, and famine worsens in the Strip.