Gaza: 210 Palestinians killed and 400 injured by indiscriminate Israeli airstrikes in Nuseirat refugee camp
Gaza City, (AA): Government Media Office in Gaza Strip said that at least 210 Palestinians were killed and more than 400 injured in severe Israeli airstrikes targeting Nuseirat refugee camp, areas east of Deir al-Balah, and al-Bureij and al-Maghazi camps in central Gaza. In addition, in the last 24 hours, Israel Defence Forces killed 70 Palestinians and injured 150 others in Gaza, according to Health Ministry.
Palestine demanded an emergency session of the UN Security Council to discuss a “massacre” committed by Israeli forces in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on Saturday.
“Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has instructed Palestine’s envoy to the United Nations to request an emergency session of the UN Security Council to discuss the repercussions of the bloodshed” committed by Israeli forces in the Nuseirat camp, the Palestine News Agency Wafa reported.
At least 36,801 Palestinians have been killed in Israel’s ongoing offensive on the Gaza Strip since last October, the Health Ministry in the besieged enclave said on Saturday.
A ministry statement added that 83,680 other people have also been injured in the onslaught.
Israel’s special forces, who retrieved four hostages from the central Gaza Strip, infiltrated into the Nuseirat refugee camp using a humanitarian aid truck, local Palestinian sources said on Saturday.
“The Israeli special forces used a closed transport truck and a civilian vehicle in the infiltration operation to retrieve the hostages,” the sources told Anadolu Agency.
“These transport vehicles are widespread in the Gaza Strip and are used to transport humanitarian aid during the Israeli war,” they added.
According to witnesses, Israeli military vehicles unexpectedly advanced into areas east and northwest of the Nuseirat camp, coinciding with heavy artillery bombardment targeting large areas of the camp.
The office further voiced “an urgent appeal to the international community and international organizations to save Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital and supply it with medical necessities and generators to ensure its continued operation.”
“Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital is unable to accommodate the number of martyrs and injured due to the Israeli bombardment,” warned the Gaza media office.
Earlier in the day, the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital spokesman, Khalil Al-Dakran, said in a press conference that “55 Palestinian fatalities arrived at the hospital as a result of the Israeli raids on the Nuseirat camp in the Central Governorate.”
He added that the hospital is “suffering from severe overcrowding and there is no room for more patients.”
Eyewitnesses told Anadolu that Israeli artillery and warplanes have been conducting violent and intense raids for hours on areas east of Deir al-Balah, al-Bureij and al-Maghazi camps, as well as various locations in the center, west, and east of the Nuseirat camp.
Eyewitnesses added that columns of black smoke were rising from all parts of the central Gaza Strip due to the unprecedented air and artillery bombardment targeting these areas.
According to eyewitnesses, Israeli military vehicles suddenly entered the areas east and northwest of the Nuseirat camp, coinciding with intense artillery shelling targeting large portions of the camp.
Witnesses also reported that Israeli vehicles also advanced near the Gaza Valley on Salah al-Din Road in the central Gaza Strip.
“Israeli drones are densely flying over the Nuseirat camp, firing on anyone moving on the camp’s roads, resulting in numerous deaths and injuries,” paramedics told Anadolu.
Medical sources told Anadolu that dozens of casualties arrived at the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in the central city of Deir al-Balah due to Israeli air strikes and shelling.
Also, eyewitnesses told Anadolu that violent clashes erupted between Palestinian resistance groups and Israeli forces in the eastern part of Deir al-Balah, the Al-Bureij and Al-Maghazi camps, and north of the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip.
They added that Israeli military vehicles expanded their incursion east of the city under heavy fire cover.
Official Palestinian news agency Wafa also reported that “occupation aircraft launched violent missile and artillery bombardment on the Zaytoun and Tel Al-Hawa neighborhoods in Gaza City, and the Nuseirat, Al-Maghazi and Al-Bureij camps in the central Gaza Strip.”
Medical sources at the Baptist Hospital reported receiving four bodies of Palestinians due to Israeli aircraft bombing a house in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City.
Meanwhile, the Israeli army confirmed on Saturday launching a “large-scale and unprecedented attack” on the Nuseirat camp and other areas in the central Gaza Strip.
In a statement, the army said that its forces are attacking “infrastructure” in the Nuseirat area.
The daily Yedioth Ahronoth described the massive attack on the Nuseirat camp as “unprecedented.”
The Israeli Walla website also said that the Israeli Air Force is bombing Deir al-Balah and the Nuseirat camp, while naval boats are bombing the outskirts of Gaza City.
An American unit in Israel supported the efforts to rescue four Israeli hostages in the central Gaza strip, CNN reported Saturday citing a US official.
“An American cell in Israel supported the efforts to rescue four Israeli hostages, working with Israeli forces on the operation,” the official told CNN.
CNN previously reported that Israel prepared for weeks for Saturday’s operation, with hundreds of personnel from the Israeli military, the domestic intelligence service and a special police unit involved.
[Photo: Injured Palestinian mother holding her injured baby after Israeli attacks on camps in central Gaza, in Deir al Balah, Gaza on 08 06 2024 waiting for treatment at Al Aqsa Martyrs Hospital. Photojournalist: Ashraf Amra/ AA]
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