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Gaza/Anadolu Agency (AFP) – More than 404 Palestinians, including children and women, were killed in the early hours of Tuesday morning as Israel unexpectedly resumed its war on the Gaza Strip. The offensive involved a major military escalation that encompassed most areas of the Strip and targeted civilians during the pre-dawn meal (suhoor).
More than 12 Palestinians, including children, were killed and others wounded on Tuesday as Israeli shelling continued across the Gaza Strip. The latest attacks targeted a group of civilians outside a children's hospital in Gaza City and a vehicle in the northern Gaza Strip.
Palestinian Civil Defense spokesman Mahmoud Basal said in a statement: "There are martyrs and wounded as a result of the shelling of a group of civilians, including a woman with special needs, in front of the gate of Rantisi Children's Hospital, west of Gaza City."
A medical source told Anadolu Agency that six Palestinians, including children, were killed in an Israeli airstrike that targeted a vehicle in the al-Salatin neighborhood, west of the northern Gaza Strip.
The correspondent also reported, citing eyewitnesses, that five Palestinians were wounded when another vehicle was targeted on al-Nasr Street, west of Gaza City. The Israeli army also bombed a house belonging to the al-Salehi family in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, resulting in the initial death toll of six Palestinians, including children.
The Israeli army has continued its intense aerial and artillery bombardment of various areas of the Gaza Strip since dawn on Tuesday.
At dawn on Tuesday, Israel suddenly and violently intensified its genocidal crimes against the Palestinians, launching widespread airstrikes that targeted most areas of the Gaza Strip and struck civilians during the pre-dawn meal (suhoor), leaving hundreds dead, wounded, and missing within hours.
The Gaza Ministry of Health reported that “404 martyrs and more than 562 wounded, including some in critical condition,” had arrived at hospitals by 10:00 AM (GMT), and work was still underway to recover victims from under the rubble.
Today’s attacks constitute the most serious violation of the ceasefire agreement brokered by Qatar, Egypt, and the United States last January.
This attack is the most serious violation of the ceasefire agreement brokered by Qatar, Egypt, and the United States last January.
The Government Media Office in Gaza announced in a statement that more than 322 Palestinians were killed and dozens more wounded during five hours of Israeli aggression, including entire families, some of whom were hospitalized.
The office reported that a large number of victims were unable to reach hospitals due to the dire humanitarian situation on the ground and the paralysis of the transportation sector caused by the lack of fuel in all governorates of the Gaza Strip.
It stated, "Most of the martyrs and missing persons are women, children, and the elderly, in acts of genocide targeting the Palestinian people, land, and history."
It emphasized that "the Israeli occupation continues its policy of genocide and systematic starvation against more than 2.4 million Palestinians in Gaza," holding Israel fully responsible for these crimes.
The Government Media Office called on the international community to take immediate action to stop the aggression and hold the leaders of the Israeli occupation accountable.
On Tuesday, the Israeli army warned Palestinians to immediately evacuate Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip and Khirbet Khuza'a, Abasan al-Kabira, and Abasan al-Jadida in the south, as it was launching a "strong offensive" in these areas, which it designated as "dangerous combat zones." This came in a statement published by Israeli army spokesman Avichai Adraee on the X platform, accompanied by a map showing the areas he warned must be evacuated.
Adraee said: “A warning to all residents of the Gaza Strip located in the area marked in red (on the map), specifically in the neighborhoods of Beit Hanoun, Khirbet Khuza’a, and Abasan al-Kabira and Abasan al-Jadida.”
He added that the Israeli army “has launched a strong offensive against terrorist organizations,” according to his claim.
Adraee further stated: “These designated areas are considered dangerous combat zones!”
He warned Palestinians to “evacuate immediately to the known shelters in western Gaza City and those in Khan Younis.”
On Tuesday morning, Israeli forces intensified their aerial and artillery bombardment, targeting residential areas and civilian buildings in the Gaza Strip, resulting in heavy casualties.
These forces also targeted shelters housing displaced people in various parts of the Strip, coinciding with the pre-dawn meal (suhoor), resulting in dozens of deaths, including children. For his part, the Director General of Al-Shifa Medical Complex in Gaza, Muhammad Abu Salmiya, stated that the resumption of Israeli bombing came amidst a devastated healthcare system suffering from medicine shortages and a severe lack of medical equipment.
He emphasized that hospitals in the Gaza Strip are unable to cope with the increasing number of wounded, "as operating rooms are completely full, and the injured are dying without us being able to find them a bed for treatment."
In a video, Abu Salmiya pointed out that all hospital morgues are overflowing with victims, which "exacerbates the scale of the humanitarian catastrophe we are experiencing."
These events bring back painful memories of the harrowing scenes endured by Palestinians in the Gaza Strip during the nearly 16-month war of annihilation, before a ceasefire agreement was declared last January, which Israel has repeatedly violated.
The heartbreaking scenes that circulated on social media on Tuesday showed families desperately searching for their children among the bodies and rubble, poignant images that reveal the magnitude of the tragedy.
The Israeli bombing also led to the overcrowding of the morgue at Nasser Medical Complex, which can no longer accommodate the growing number of victims. This latest aggression adds to a long series of Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip, exacerbating the humanitarian tragedy and deepening the crisis faced by Palestinians in Gaza under the weight of the ongoing siege and aggression.
For its part, Hamas called on “Arabs, Muslims, and freedom-loving people worldwide to take to the streets and squares and raise their voices in rejection of the resumption of the Israeli war against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip.”
The Israeli army and the Shin Bet security service said in a joint written statement, a copy of which was obtained by Anadolu Agency: “Based on directives from the political echelon, the army and Shin Bet forces are launching a wide-scale attack,” claiming it was against “Hamas targets throughout the Gaza Strip.”
The official Hebrew Broadcasting Corporation stated: “The ceasefire has ended, and the air force is attacking Gaza.”
The Israeli Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement: “Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz have instructed the Israeli army to take decisive action against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.” Katz said Israel would continue fighting in Gaza “as long as the hostages are not returned.”
He added, “We will not stop fighting as long as the hostages are not returned home and all our war aims are not achieved.”
Israeli media reported on Thursday that US envoy Steve Wittkopf had presented an updated proposal to both sides calling for the release of five Israeli prisoners in exchange for a 50-day ceasefire, the release of Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails, the delivery of humanitarian aid, and the commencement of the second phase of negotiations.
On Friday, Hamas announced its acceptance of a proposal presented by mediators. The agreement includes the release of an Israeli-American soldier and the remains of four dual nationals, as part of the resumption of the second phase of negotiations for the Gaza ceasefire agreement and prisoner exchange.
A statement from Netanyahu’s office claimed that the Israeli army attacked Hamas targets throughout the Gaza Strip “to achieve the war aims set by the political leadership, including the release of all our hostages, living and dead.” She added: “No one would be surprised if Hamas and Islamic Jihad launched rockets; the air defense systems are on high alert.”
Today’s attacks add to a long series of Israeli assaults on the Gaza Strip, exacerbating the humanitarian tragedy and deepening the crisis faced by Palestinians in Gaza under the weight of the ongoing siege and aggression.
Israel has intensified its war of extermination under the weight of a dire humanitarian and living situation, and a fuel shortage in all governorates of the Gaza Strip, due to the closure of the crossings.
With American support, Israel has been committing genocide in Gaza since October 7, 2023, leaving more than 160,000 Palestinians dead and wounded, most of them children and women, and more than 14,000 missing.
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