The Israeli assault on Gaza entered its 440th day as occupation forces continued targeting civilians in a worsening humanitarian crisis marked by a 95% displacement rate due to the ongoing siege.
Israeli artillery struck areas in eastern and southeastern Khan Younis in southern Gaza. Airstrikes targeted a home belonging to the Darwish family in Al-Maghazi camp, claiming two lives and injuring others. In Gaza City’s Al-Daraj neighborhood, five people were martyred and several others injured in a strike on the Zard family home.
Heart-wrenching video of a little Palestinian girl shaking from fear after she was injured in the Israeli targeting of a home in Al-Maghazi camp, central Gaza Strip. pic.twitter.com/utVH5zJBMG
— Kuffiya (@Kuffiyateam) December 19, 2024
Northern Gaza saw the demolition of residential buildings by Israeli forces. Early morning airstrikes targeted a home near Saeed Siyam Mosque in Sheikh Radwan, while artillery strikes hit the Saftawi area in northwest Gaza. In Jabalia, six people were martyred and others injured after artillery shelling on Al-Nuzha Street.
The Jabalia refugee camp faced relentless aerial bombings that leveled entire residential blocks in the Al-Khulafa neighborhood, coupled with heavy artillery fire. Another Israeli airstrike near Al-Istijaba Mosque in Al-Sabra, south of Gaza City, highlighted the intensifying violence.
The Israeli occupation army continues burning and demolishing homes in the northern Gaza Strip.
The background song added by the soldier from Givati special operations unit reads on the burning in Jabalia
“To destroy, to k***, to expel, to deport. To eliminate, to extradite,… pic.twitter.com/MYO11YdpiI— Eye on Palestine (@EyeonPalestine) December 19, 2024
Human Rights Watch: Acts of Genocide in Gaza
Human Rights Watch (HRW) accused the Israeli occupation entity of committing genocide in Gaza by systematically depriving Palestinians of clean water, calling it a crime against humanity. The report stated, “The deliberate killing of Palestinians by depriving them of water amounts to genocide under the 1948 Genocide Convention.”
Lama Fakih, HRW’s Middle East director, asserted during a press conference, “The Israeli ` government is intentionally killing Palestinians in Gaza by denying them access to the water they need to survive.”
Human Rights Watch said that Israel has killed thousands of Palestinians in Gaza by denying them clean water, which it says legally amounts to acts of genocide and extermination.
How is Israel depriving Palestinians of water? pic.twitter.com/DwiwDMJTxy
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) December 19, 2024
HRW’s findings align with an earlier Amnesty International report that also labeled Israeli actions in Gaza as genocide. These reports come weeks after the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Zionist Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and a former defense minister on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Source: Al-Manar Website
