Israeli occupation committed on Monday new massacres in the Gaza Strip, with a horrible crime being reported in tents housing displaced civilians in the courtyard of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital.
At least four Palestinians were martyred and 70 others injured in an Israeli strike that caused fire in the courtyard of Al-Aqsa Masrtyrs Hospital, located in the central city of Deir Al-Balah.
Videos showed rescuers scrambling to save people as they struggled to contain a major fire. The death toll is expected to rise further.
⚡️Israeli enemy drone strikes on the tents of displaced civilians outside Al Aqsa martyrs hospital in Gaza moments ago. Dozens were burned alive as a result of these strikespic.twitter.com/oEAECaGFhv
— War Monitor (@WarMonitors) October 13, 2024
“What happened was that we woke up to smoke, flames, fire and burning pieces falling on the tents from every direction. The explosions terrified us in our tents and outside where we live behind Al-Aqsa Hospital,” Om Ahmad Radi, a survivor at the scene, told Al Jazeera.
Gaza’s Media Office said it was the seventh time this year that Israel has hit the grounds of Al-Aqsa Hospital and the third in the past couple of weeks, killing Palestinians who were forced to flee their homes.
Overview of the casualties resulting from the Israeli holocaust last night at the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir el-Balah, central Gaza pic.twitter.com/ixzawMkB9S
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) October 14, 2024
Meanwhile in Nusseirat, 22 people were martyred and 80 were wounded after Israeli tanks shelled a school sheltering displaced Palestinians in the central city.
Elsewhere in Jabalia, at least 10 Palestinians were martyred and dozens others were injured in an Israeli attack on a food distribution center in the besieged northern town.
Witnesses said Israeli occupation forces fired artillery shells at civilians waiting for flour at the center in the Jabalia refugee camp. Ambulances and medical teams are unable to access the area to move victims to hospitals because of restrictions imposed by the Israeli army, according to witnesses.
For its part, Health Ministry in Gaza gave new updates to the Israeli aggression. It said that at least 42,289 people have been martyred and 98,684 wounded in Israeli attacks since October 2023.
Source: Agencies
