On the 398th day of the Israeli offensive on Gaza, the Israeli occupation forces continue to bombard various areas of the Strip, particularly in the north and center, killing dozens and wounding many more. Medical sources reported that 22 Palestinians were martyred in the latest enemy raids on the Strip since Thursday morning, 14 of them in the northern region.
Heart-wrenching| A Palestinian child steals a final glance at his mother who was massacred by the Israeli occupation in Gaza. pic.twitter.com/kgrLRXuJes
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) November 6, 2024
The aggression escalated as Israeli aircraft targeted a Red Crescent medical point in Jabalia, injuring medical crews, and two children were killed in the bombing of the Al-Mashrou’ area east of Rafah. Three Palestinians were also martyred and others injured in the Al-Nuwairi area west of Al-Nuseirat camp, while five more were killed in a drone strike on the Tabat Zarea area east of Rafah.
People inspect the destruction left behind Israeli attacks in the Nuseirat camp in central Gaza. pic.twitter.com/gPGJB6J8ut
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) November 7, 2024
The onslaught has claimed three more lives in the Beit Lahia project in northern Gaza, which has been under a 34-day Israeli siege and bombardment. Civil defense officials say thousands of Gazans have perished due to the inability to provide lifesaving medical supplies.
In Pictures: Five Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli airstrike targeting the Abu Assi family home in Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza. pic.twitter.com/8rHHTZqJGV
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) November 7, 2024
Amidst the carnage, UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini has issued a desperate plea for the world to save the agency, warning that Israel’s moves to ban its operations could have “catastrophic consequences” for the millions of Palestinian refugees it serves. Lazzarini implored the UN General Assembly to intervene and prevent ‘Israel’ from dismantling the agency, which provides vital education, healthcare and other essential services in the occupied territories.
This video, posted by UNRWA representative Louise Wateridge, shows the large-scale destruction in northern Gaza due to Israel’s ongoing assault.
Wateridge wrote in the caption: “No matter from which direction you enter Gaza City, homes, hospitals, schools, health clinics,… pic.twitter.com/mzY8ZLnITP
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) November 7, 2024
The official Israeli Broadcasting Corporation reported on Monday that “the Israeli Foreign Ministry has officially notified the United Nations of the cancellation of the agreement signed in 1967 that regulates UNRWA operations in ‘Israel’, the West Bank and Gaza.” This step comes after the Israeli Knesset finally approved last week a law banning UNRWA activities inside the occupied territories, amid international discontent.
Since the war began on October 7, 2023, Israeli forces imposed a strict blockade, preventing most food and essentials from entering Gaza, leaving over two million people starving.
In northern Gaza, families rely on lentils as their main, sometimes only, food source, with… pic.twitter.com/9lrM6A2WNS
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) November 7, 2024
Meanwhile, the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza issued an urgent appeal, calling on international and United Nations organizations to deploy medical and surgical teams to the area and facilitate their access to northern hospitals.
The Ministry also urged the Palestinian population in northern Gaza to donate blood at Al-Maamadani Hospital amid the continued Israeli aggression.
In southern Gaza, the Israeli occupation forces persist in their ground invasion of large neighborhoods in Rafah, ongoing since May 7.
Source: Agencies (edited and translated by Al-Manar English Website)
