Tag: Rafa

Israel, Israel Crimes

More strikes on Gaza with no ceasefire in sight

A Palestinian boy stands among rubble from a UN-run school that was housing displaced people in Nuseirat, in the central Gaza Strip, and was hit during an Israeli bombardment.

Israel doesn’t even know if any of the 40 killed were Hamas. Yet they are prepared to make the excuse that it was a legitimate precision strike because the 30 Hamas militants they were targeting were holding 6000 Gazans hostage. (Old Dog)

On T hursday, Israel hit a Gaza school building with what it said was a targeted airstrike on up to 30 Hamas and Islamic Jihad fighters inside, and a Hamas official said 40 people were killed including women and children sheltering at the UN site.

Israel’s military said it had identified nine of 30 militants targeted in the strike. The UN Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) said its school was being used as a shelter for 6000 displaced people at the time.

Source: More strikes on Gaza with no ceasefire in sight

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‘We’re all at risk of being targeted’: Doctors evacuate Rafah’s last hospitals

Palestinians are treated at Al-Najjar Hospital in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, prior to its closure, February 1, 2024. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

On May 30, the World Health Organization announced that Rafah’s last remaining hospital, the Al-Helal al-Emirati Hospital, had gone out of service. The destruction of the southern Gaza city’s health care system, which comes after more than two dozen hospitals across the Strip have completely shut down as a result of Israel’s assault, encapsulates the human toll of the intensifying Israeli military operation in Rafah. 

Far from the “limited” invasion that Israel’s leaders proclaimed, Israeli forces are currently occupying the heart of the city and remain in control of the Rafah Crossing and Philadelphi Corridor, while airstrikes continue to pummel camps for displaced families. Since Israel’s incursion began on May 6, more than 1 million Palestinians have fled Gaza’s last refuge.

Source: ‘We’re all at risk of being targeted’: Doctors evacuate Rafah’s last hospitals