By Palestine Chronicle Team

Following the airstrikes, residents urgently called for help to rescue victims and care for the injured, as emergency services in northern Gaza were severely disrupted and ambulance operations in the area ceased.

Israeli forces carried out a horrific massacre in a residential area in Beit Lahia, north of Gaza, on Saturday evening, an official from the Ministry of Health told Al Jazeera.

According to the report, the Israeli occupation army hit five houses, at least 35 people died and many people were injured.

Following the airstrikes, residents urgently called for help to rescue victims and care for the injured, as emergency services in northern Gaza were severely disrupted and ambulance operations in the area ceased.

Kamal Adwan Under Siege – Two Children Killed, Many People Kidnapped, Including Hospital Director

Israeli forces have surrounded northern Gaza in recent weeks in a brutal military campaign aimed at eliminating the local population.

Israeli troops surrounded Beit Lahia and besieged Kamal Adwan Hospital for three days before attacking.

The raid led to the death and injury of many civilians.

Medical staff and patients were reportedly abducted from the facility, further exacerbating the dire humanitarian situation.

This is an evolving story…

Ongoing Genocide

Israel has faced international condemnation for its ongoing brutal assault on Gaza, in defiance of a UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire.

Israel, which is currently on trial at the International Court of Justice for the crime of genocide against Palestinians, has been waging a devastating war in Gaza since October 7.

According to the Gaza Ministry of Health, 42 thousand 924 Palestinians were killed and 100 thousand 833 people were injured as a result of Israel’s genocide in Gaza, which has continued since October 7, 2023.

A 12-day-old girl tragically lost her life today in Israel’s air strike on the Maqat family’s house in Gaza. pic.twitter.com/bE5utVQdZT

— Jerusalem News Network (@QudsNen) 26 October 2024

Moreover, at least 11,000 unnamed people are estimated to have died under the rubble of their homes along the strip.

Israel says 1,200 soldiers and civilians were killed at Al-Aqsa Mosque on October 7. Israeli media published reports that day claiming that many Israelis were killed as a result of ‘friendly fire’.

Palestinian and international organizations say that the majority of those killed and injured are women and children.

The Israeli war led to a severe famine, mostly in northern Gaza, resulting in the deaths of many Palestinians, mostly children.

Israel’s aggression also resulted in the forced displacement of approximately two million people from across the Gaza Strip; The vast majority of those displaced were forced to go to the densely populated southern city of Rafah, near the Egyptian border, which has become Palestine’s largest city. Mass migration since the Nakba of 1948.

In the later stages of the war, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians began to migrate from the south towards the center of Gaza in search of permanent security.

(PC, AJA)