Israeli Airstrikes on Gaza Kill 58, Including Children, Medical Sources Report...
Medical officials in Gaza confirmed that at least 58 people, including children, were killed in the latest wave of Israeli airstrikes. The bombardment comes amid intensifying violence in the enclave, where civilian casualties continue to rise.
The strikes, described as some of the deadliest in recent weeks, have drawn renewed international concern over the worsening humanitarian crisis and the lack of safe zones for families caught in the conflict.
Gaza Death Toll Rises: 58 Killed in Israeli Strikes, Including Children in Al-Mawasi ‘Safe Zone’
Health authorities in Gaza reported on Monday that 58 Palestinians were killed within 24 hours as Israeli airstrikes hit multiple locations, including areas previously declared as humanitarian zones.
One of the deadliest attacks struck a tent encampment in al-Mawasi, a designated “safe zone,” leaving eight people dead, including two children, according to doctors at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis.
The same hospital confirmed six more fatalities from a strike on people escorting an aid convoy, as well as two deaths from an attack on a vehicle inside al-Mawasi.
Meanwhile, the al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital in Deir al-Balah reported receiving three bodies after an Israeli airstrike targeted a school being used as a shelter in the crowded Nuseirat refugee camp.
The strikes highlight the escalating humanitarian crisis in Gaza, where even declared safe zones and aid convoys are coming under attack.
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The Israeli military claims it targets Hamas militants, accusing them of operating within civilian areas. On Sunday night, it said Hamas fighters were struck in a designated humanitarian zone, an allegation strongly denied by Hamas.
At the Kamal Adwan hospital in northern Gaza, director Hussam Abu Safiya warned that evacuation orders from Israel were “next to impossible” to carry out. The facility, one of the last functioning hospitals in the north, currently shelters 400 civilians, including babies in incubators who rely on oxygen supplies. Abu Safiya said the hospital was under bombardment, with fuel tanks directly targeted, raising fears of a catastrophic explosion.
An IDF spokesperson told the Washington Post that no official evacuation warning had been delivered this weekend. Still, Gaza’s health ministry reported that three main hospitals in northern Gaza are barely functioning under continuous attacks.
Meanwhile, tens of thousands of displaced families are enduring freezing temperatures on Gaza’s Mediterranean coastline with little shelter, food, or fuel. Oxfam reported that only 12 of 34 aid trucks allowed into northern Gaza in the past 10 weeks reached civilians due to “deliberate delays and systematic obstructions” by Israel.
“Parents are asking their kids not to play because they get dizzy from hunger,” said Bushra Khalidi, Oxfam’s policy lead in the occupied Palestinian territory.
With electricity and gas cut off, families have resorted to burning plastic waste to stay warm, the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) reported last month.
Amid worsening conditions, Palestinian factions including Hamas, Islamic Jihad, and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine said that a ceasefire deal is “closer than ever” after recent Cairo talks. A Hamas leader told AFP that negotiations had made “significant progress.”
In Israel, far-right finance minister Bezalel Smotrich rejected any truce that could be seen as “surrender,” while Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cautiously acknowledged progress in negotiations tied to the release of hostages still held in Gaza.
The war, which began after the October 7, 2023 Hamas-led attack on southern Israel that killed 1,200 and led to the abduction of 250 hostages, has left Gaza devastated. According to Gaza’s health ministry, over 45,200 Palestinians have been killed, more than half women and children. Thousands remain buried under rubble, and tens of thousands more are injured.
Israel claims it has killed 17,000 Hamas militants, though it has not provided supporting evidence.
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