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Israeli forces killed at least 17 people early Tuesday in an attack on the Nusirat refugee camp in central Gaza, the site of a recent operation in which the Israeli army massacred more than 270 Palestinians to rescue four hostages.
Reporting from central Gaza,
Al JazeeraHoney Mahmud said It has been “another bloody night” in the area, noting that Israeli forces attacked two houses in Nusirat that were “housing displaced families who were recently evacuated from Rafah.”
“The first attack killed 10 people, including women and children. Five of them were from the same family. We are seeing double the number of injured. More people are still trapped under the rubble,” added Mahmud. “An hour later, the second attack targeted the home of another family. The victims included not only parents and their children, but also grandparents.”
“Another day, another Israeli war crime,” said Yiannis Varofakis, co-founder of Progressive International.wrote In response to the strike.
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Assistant Pressinvestigation It details how Israel's relentless, US-backed bombardment of Gaza is wiping out entire Palestinian families. Examining 10 deadly Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip between October and December, the outlet found that “in no case was there a clear military target or direct warning to those inside.”
“In one case,”
Ap added, “The family said they raised a white flag in their building in a war zone.”
More than 500 people from several families were killed in the analyzed strike,
Ap found “almost every Palestinian family has suffered Serious, multiple damage,” the outlet observed. “But many were destroyed, especially in the first months of the war.”
The Israeli military carried out Tuesday's attack less than two weeks after Nusirat killed at least 274 Palestinians in a raid on the refugee camp that rescued four hostages during an Oct. 7 Hamas-led offensive in southern Israel.
The UN human rights office said last week that the number of Palestinian civilians killed during Israeli operations “raises serious questions about whether the principles of distinction, proportionality and precaution—as stipulated under the laws of war—were respected by Israeli forces.”
The attack on Nusirat comes amid an ongoing Israeli assault on the southern Gaza city of Rafah, which has seen more than a million people flee in recent weeks in the face of an Israeli ground offensive. More upset Efforts to provide humanitarian aid to starving Palestinians.
According toReuters, residents of the city reported “heavy bombardment from tanks and planes in various areas” on Tuesday A resident, identified by Reuters “Rafah is being bombed without any interference from the world, the occupation is operating freely here,” the father of six told the news agency.
Another displaced resident in central Gaza said that with every “hour of delay, Israel kills more people.”
He also said, we want a ceasefire now. “Enough of our blood, I say to Israel, America and our leaders too. The war must stop.”
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