The number of dead and missing in Israeli bombing with fighter jets against a roundabout and a residential complex in Beit Lahia, in the north of the Gaza Strip, increased this Sunday to 87, as well as more than 40 injured, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health.
According to health, among the injured there are “very critical cases” and a number of victims remain under the rubblewithout ambulance and civil defense teams being able to reach them.
“The Israeli occupation Army continues a clear war of ethnic cleansing, eradication and extermination,” denounced last night the Government Media Office in the Strip, controlled by Hamas, in reference to this latest attack and the 15 consecutive days that Israel has been under siege. the north of the Palestinian enclave.
In a statement released later, andThe Israeli Army described the death toll as “exaggerated” and claimed to have used “precision ammunition”, an allegation that he frequently uses despite the death of dozens of civilians in previous attacks.
The Army also described the area in question as “an active war zone”. For two weeks, Palestinian sources have reported indiscriminate attacks, a lack of food and the siege of Beit Lahia, Beit Hanoun and Jabalia from the rest of the enclave.
Israeli attack on hospitals in northern Gaza
In recent hours, Israeli attacks have continued to reach the Jabalia refugee camp, the largest in the Strip. Local sources indicated to EFE that Thousands of people continue sleeping in the countryside without food or drink because of the siegeand that there are dozens of corpses scattered throughout the streets.
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) said on Friday that some 20,000 people were forced to leave the field due to the intensity of the attacks.
Sources from the Gaza Ministry of Health confirmed yesterday Saturday that about 500 people have died in recent weeks and that the attack against hospitals prevents treating new victims.
Early yesterday, Israeli tanks surrounded and fired on the three main hospitals in the north: Indonesian, Kamal Adwan and Al Awda, where according to Doctors Without Borders (MSF) more than 350 patients are trapped, including pregnant women.
“The Israeli occupation is intensifying its attacks against the health system in the north of the Gaza Strip by besieging and directly attacking the three hospitals in the north during the last hours,” denounced a spokesperson for the Gaza Ministry of Health.
The director of the Indonesian, located in the northern city of Beit Lahia, Marwan Sultanindicated that Israeli artillery attacked the second and third floors, which “endangered the lives of patients and medical staff.”
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