Civilian casualties mount in Gaza as Israeli bombings hit hospital, school, and refugee camps

Israeli forces bombarded makeshift tents sheltering displaced Palestinians on the grounds of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza.

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The strikes killed four Palestinians and injured over 40 others, including civilians and patients seeking refuge. The Gaza Civil Defense has once again emphasized that no place in the Strip is safe, as even hospitals and shelters are being targeted.

Fires broke out as a result of the bombings, engulfing at least 30 tents where civilians were sheltering. Civil defense crews worked to contain the flames, which threatened to spread to the hospital itself, further endangering the lives of those inside.

In a separate incident, Israeli airstrikes targeted al-Mufti School in the Nuseirat refugee camp, also in central Gaza, killing 22 Palestinians. Among the dead were 15 children and one woman, while around 80 others were injured. Gaza’s Media Office condemned the bombing, stating that the school was known to be sheltering thousands of displaced civilians and was not labeled as a combat zone, making it a designated safe haven.

The Al-Mujahideen Resistance movement denounced the attack, calling it a war crime and accusing Israel of deliberately targeting unarmed civilians. “These vengeful Zionist crimes against innocent civilians come after the cowardly soldiers of the occupation received painful blows from the Palestinian and Lebanese resistance,” the group stated. They further accused the international community of remaining silent in the face of Israeli aggression, which violates human values and international law.

In another tragic event on the 373rd day of the aggression, five children were killed and several others injured when Israeli forces bombed a neighborhood in the Al-Shati refugee camp near the coast of Gaza City. The children had been playing together when the airstrike occurred, adding to the growing toll of civilian casualties in the conflict.

Israeli airstrikes also continued in the Jabalia refugee camp, where authorities recovered the bodies of three martyrs from the Tal al-Zaatar neighborhood. Local sources confirmed that three injured individuals were taken to Al-Awda Hospital in Nuseirat after an Israeli airstrike targeted a home in the camp, further escalating the humanitarian crisis in the region.

The ongoing Israeli bombardment of civilian areas has drawn sharp criticism from various Palestinian resistance groups and human rights organizations. The Al-Mujahideen Resistance movement condemned the bombings as acts of terrorism, accusing both the United States and Israel of being fully responsible for the atrocities committed against the Palestinian people.

As Israeli aggression in Gaza continues to escalate, the situation remains dire for civilians, with no safe haven from the relentless airstrikes. The international community has been called upon to intervene and hold Israel accountable for its actions, but thus far, little has been done to halt the bloodshed. (ILKHA)