Palestinians condemn ‘barbaric’ Israeli attack on Nusraat that killed dozens gaza news
Palestinian officials have said at least 33 people were killed in an Israeli attack on the Nussirat refugee camp in central Gaza, as Israel continues devastating attacks on the strip.
The government media office in Gaza called Thursday’s attack a “barbaric and heinous massacre”, noting that most of those killed were from the al-Sheikh Ali family.
“The (Israeli) occupation forces knew that this was a residential block containing dozens of civilians, children, women and displaced persons living in several apartment buildings,” the office said.
Medics told Reuters news agency that Israeli fire hit a post office sheltering displaced Palestinian families in Nussirat, as well as nearby homes.
Photographs from the scene show small children covered in dust and blood in the debris of the collapsed building. Reuters reported that in addition to the 30 or more dead, about 50 people were injured in the deadly attack.
In Gaza, it is not unusual for airstrikes to kill multiple members of the same family, as Israel’s war continues into its second year.
According to the government media office in Gaza, by October 2024, the one-year anniversary of the war, Israeli attacks had completely wiped out at least 902 entire families in the strip.
Throughout the war, facilities and buildings sheltering displaced families have been attacked by Israeli forces, often claiming with little evidence that they are being used as operations centers for the Palestinian armed group Hamas. Israeli officials have not yet commented on Thursday’s attack in Nuseirat.
Health facilities, journalists and humanitarian workers have also been reported to be increasingly targeted by Israeli forces since fighting began in October 2023, when Hamas launched a deadly attack on southern Israel that killed nearly 1,100 people, including Most of them were civilians.
Since then, Israeli attacks have killed more than 44,800 Palestinians in Gaza, more than half of whom are women and children.
On Thursday, the monitoring group Airwars, which assesses civilian damage from airstrikes, released a report saying Israel’s campaign in Gaza was “the most intense, destructive and deadly conflict for civilians it has ever seen.” Had registered till now.
The report found that, during the first month of the war, the number of civilians killed in Israeli attacks in Gaza was “almost four times the number of deaths in any conflict recorded by AirWars since it was established in 2014”. Was. Time limit.
Experts and rights groups also say the death toll in Gaza is likely much lower, with thousands of people buried under mountains of debris and the strip’s health services struggling to maintain operations.
Thursday’s attack on Nusrat hit the largely residential area, one of Gaza’s eight historic refugee camps, which were established in 1948 following the forced expulsion of Palestinians from surrounding areas, often referred to as the Nakba or ” It is called “catastrophe”.
It was one of several attacks in Gaza throughout the day. In another refugee camp, Jabaliya, Israeli forces fired on Saeed Jouda, a top doctor working at Kamal Adwan Hospital, as he was on his way to treat patients. He died as a result.
An estimated 1,057 health workers have been killed since the war began. The government media office in Gaza also highlighted the strain on the enclave’s medical system in comments Thursday.
“This latest crime coincides with the Israeli occupation’s plan to collapse the health system in the Gaza Strip, placing enormous pressure on medical teams,” the media office said.
“This is coupled with frequent attacks on hospitals and medical centres, putting them out of service. Furthermore, possession prevents the entry of medicines and medical supplies and equipment as part of the crime of genocide.
