Gaza: 86 Palestinians killed, 113 injured by Israeli bombing last 24 hours
Gaza City, (Al Jazeera, Wafa, OCHA): Between the afternoon of 5 March and 10:30 on 6 March, according to the MoH in Gaza, 86 Palestinians were killed, and 113 Palestinians were injured by Israeli indiscriminate bombing in Gaza. Between 7 October 2023 and 10:30 on 6 March 2024, at least 30,717 Palestinians were killed in Gaza and 72,156 Palestinians were injured by Israeli bombings in Gaza, according to MoH.
According to a press release by UN Women on 1 March, an estimated 9,000 women have been reportedly killed by Israeli forces in Gaza to date, not including those believed to be dead under the rubble. “Every day the war in Gaza continues, at the current rate, an average of 63 women will continue to be killed. An estimated 37 mothers are killed every day, leaving their families devastated and their children with diminished protection.
Intense Israeli bombardment and ground operations as well as heavy fighting between Israeli forces and Palestinian armed groups continue to be reported across much of the Gaza Strip, resulting in further civilian casualties, displacement, and destruction of houses and other civilian infrastructure
Exclusive video obtained by Al Jazeera shows the aftermath of a bombing of the Salah Mosque in Jabalia al-Balad earlier today.
Civil defense crews rushed to the scene to begin rescue efforts, and recovered the bodies of at least five Palestinians, as well as many wounded. Children were among the injured, Al Jazeera video shows.
Al Jazeera cameras captured an interview with a witness to the bombing, who said the mosque was targeted without prior warning, and that many children were nearby at the time of the attack.
The final death toll of this attack is unclear,
At least six Palestinians were killed this evening in Israeli airstrikes and shootings targeting civilians and their homes in the central Gaza Strip, according to local and medical sources.
Additionally, an Israeli shelling targeting a house sheltering displaced people, predominantly women and children, west of Nusseirat refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip, resulted in five civilian deaths and several injuries.
Meantime, another Palestinian was killed and nine were wounded when the Israeli military fired at civilians waiting for aid near the Kuwaiti roundabout south of Gaza City. The injured were transported to the Al-Shifa Medical Complex.
Earlier, four Palestinians were killed and over twenty others were injured when the Israeli occupation forces opened machine gunfire on civilians desperately waiting for aid trucks at the Nablusi roundabout west of Gaza City.
At least seven civilians were killed and others were wounded after the Israeli occupation army opened fire on groups of citizens near the Wadi Gaza Bridge in the central Gaza Strip, according to medical sources.
Medical sources reported that Israeli warplanes also targeted multiple homes in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City.
Furthermore, Israeli fighter jets carried out intense airstrikes that targeted the Curtain Factory area, the Kuwait Roundabout, and Al-Sikka Street, south of the neighborhood.
Israeli occupation artillery struck with ten missiles several homes in the Sheikh Ajlin and Tal al-Hawa neighborhoods, southwest of Gaza City. The strike resulted in the injury of dozens of civilians, mostly children and women
Dozens of Palestinian civilians were killed on Wednesday, and others were injured, including children and women, in bombings by Israeli air force on the Khan Yunis and Rafah governorates in the southern Gaza Strip.
Local sources said that the occupation forces continue intense bombardment in Hamad Town, the town of Bani Suhaila, and other areas in northern Khan Yunis, killing dozens of people.
The sources added that a number of civilians were killed as a result of artillery shelling that targeted the vicinity of Al-Shoka School, east of Rafah.
“Many victims are still trapped under rubble and on the roads and rescuers can’t reach them,” the sources noted.
Medical sources said that at least three people were killed and a number of others were injured after the Israeli air force bombed a house owned by Al-Attar family in the city of Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip.
The Israeli artillery bombed Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip, as the Israeli warplanes targeted the city of Khan Yunis.
At least seven civilians were killed and others were wounded after the Israeli army opened fire on groups of Palestinians near the Wadi Gaza Bridge in the central Gaza Strip, according to medical sources.
Medical sources reported that Israeli warplanes also targeted multiple homes in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City.
Furthermore, Israeli fighter jets carried out intense airstrikes that targeted the Curtain Factory area, the Kuwait Roundabout, and Al-Sikka Street, south of the neighborhood.
Israeli artillery struck with ten missiles several homes in the Sheikh Ajlin and Tal al-Hawa neighborhoods, southwest of Gaza City. The strike resulted in the injury of dozens of civilians, mostly children and women.
Meanwhile, South Africa requests additional action, ceasefire from International Court of Justice to prevent “full-scale famine” in Gaza.
Calls to allow more aid into the Gaza Strip grow louder as health officials report 20 people in total have died from malnutrition and dehydration.
Eighteen people have so far died from malnutrition and dehydration, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH) in Gaza.
According to UNICEF, 81 per cent of households in Gaza lack access to safe and clean water, with internally displaced persons (IDPs) among the most affected.
The World Food Programme says an aid convoy is denied entry to northern Gaza by Israel’s military. The UN agency says “to avert famine”, there must be road access to Gaza’s north.
According to Israeli government 1,139 Israelis were killed by Hamas on 7 October in southern Israel and 134 Israelis and foreign nationals are still detained by Hamas in Gaza.
[Photo: Palestinian children hold funeral for 10-year-old peer Yezen Al-Kfarna who died of malnutrition &d protest the famine caused by ongoing Israeli attacks and blockades in Rafah, Gaza. Children carried placards ‘Children are dying of hunger’ and ‘Enough, help us’ demanding an end to the attacks. Photojournalist: Abed Zagout /AA]
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