The Israeli occupation forces has once again committed the crime of genocide in the Gaza Strip, launching the Holy Bible’s Kerem al-Nabit and artillery shelling for the 315th day in a row. Amid the catastrophic humanitarian situation resulting from suffering and migration, the occupation forces have targeted homes, displaced persons’ gatherings, and streets, resulting in tragic losses of life. Alexander from the Palestinian Information Center reported, “The occupation’s artillery, raids, and bombardment continue to cause devastation.”
Palestinian paramedic Abdul Qader Ahmed was shocked to be sent to his own family house, which had been struck by an Israeli airstrike in the northern Gaza Strip on Thursday night, killing seven members of his family, including his mother and father.
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— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) August 16, 2024
Ground invasions of large neighborhoods in Rafah and other areas of Gaza have been ongoing since May 7, accompanied by relentless aerial and artillery bombardment. In one Israeli raid on a house in the Nuseirat camp, multiple citizens were injured, with one citizen martyred at the entrance to Al-Zawaida in the central Gaza Strip.
Israeli occupation committed a massacre today in Nusairat camp, central #Gaza, targeting a home and killing a number of Palestinians. pic.twitter.com/ktFvIPUVLg
— PALESTINE ONLINE 🇵🇸 (@OnlinePalEng) August 16, 2024
Further casualties occurred when the occupation forces targeted a house in the Al-Daraj area, Shawa Square, resulting in six people martyred and others injured. Similar tragic incidents unfolded in the Jabalia refugee camp, where a residential apartment was bombed, causing more casualties. Additionally, young man Hatem Hassouna Qweider was martyred near the Al-Dawa Mosque in the Nuseirat camp.
A Palestinian father whose children were killed in an Israeli airstrike pic.twitter.com/Aq7vsMG3Sx
— PALESTINE ONLINE 🇵🇸 (@OnlinePalEng) August 16, 2024
‘Israel’ relentless war on Gaza has killed more than 40,000 Palestinians, at least 16,456 of them children and over 11,000 women. Gaza’s Health Ministry on Thursday announced the grim milestone, a figure that is likely an undercount as most of the missing 10,000 Palestinians are believed to be buried under mountains of rubble.
Israeli occupation forces have targeted schools, humanitarian workers, medical facilities, and UN shelters throughout the war, including some hosting many displaced people. Israel states that such facilities are used by Hamas for military purposes, but those claims often lack evidence.
In the first 10 days of August, ‘Israel’ struck at least five schools across Gaza, killing more than 150 people.
Reports of abuses by Israeli occupation forces such as systematic torture, extrajudicial killings, and the destruction of civilian infrastructure, agricultural land, and religious and cultural sites, have also been prevalent throughout the war.
5% of Gaza’s population either killed, wounded, or missing.#GazaGenocide pic.twitter.com/mCkwh3XJHK
— PALESTINE ONLINE 🇵🇸 (@OnlinePalEng) August 16, 2024
The war has also been the deadliest in modern history for journalists, with the Committee to Protect Journalists stating that 113 media workers have been killed since the war began, 108 of them Palestinian.
Source: Al-Manar English Website and Palestinian media
