Israeli airstrikes continued across the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, the 698th day of the war, with local health officials reporting at least 24 Palestinian deaths from bombings and six more from starvation over the past 24 hours.
A circulating photo shows an Israeli military bulldozer desecrating the body of a Palestinian victim in Jabalia, northern Gaza. pic.twitter.com/cCFPFtmOvL
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The casualties were spread across multiple regions, highlighting the widespread nature of the ongoing Israeli aggression. A strike on a tent west of the Nuseirat refugee camp killed five people, according to sources at Al-Awda and Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospitals. Further north, the Baptist Hospital reported three killed and several injured after an attack on a house in Gaza City’s Al-Daraj neighborhood.
At the yard of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir Al-Balah, Palestinians pray over some of the victims of the latest Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip. pic.twitter.com/9QTNYShADO
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The Palestinian Ministry of Health stated that the total death toll from Israeli operations since dawn had reached 24, with 15 of those fatalities occurring in Gaza City.
A grieving Palestinian woman bids farewell to a loved killed in the deadly Israeli attacks on Gaza overnight. pic.twitter.com/L6iryNYyxM
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Famine Conditions Worsen
Separately, the Health Ministry announced that six people, including one child, had died from starvation and malnutrition in the last 24 hours. This brings the official number of famine-related deaths to 367 since the conflict began, 131 of whom were children.
A ministry statement noted that 89 of these deaths, including 16 children, have occurred since the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) – a global monitor for food crises – declared famine conditions in Gaza City. The UN-backed body has warned that over half a million people in the territory face “catastrophic levels of hunger.”
Widespread Strikes Target Multiple Areas
Other incidents reported by medical sources throughout the day included, three martyred and over 50 wounded when a crowd of aid seekers was targeted northwest of Rafah.
People of Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, northwest of Gaza City, endured a harrowing night as Israeli drones dropped incendiary bombs on their homes, setting many of them on fire while innocent civilians, including children, were asleep. pic.twitter.com/PRU01r282E
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Twelve martyred and 16 wounded, including five children and a woman, by an airstrike on a humanitarian aid distribution point south of Wadi Gaza.
A heartbroken Palestinian grandmother mourns her granddaughters, Sara and Tala, who were killed when an Israeli strike hit the family’s apartment west of Gaza City. pic.twitter.com/d5vdE0Tcck
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In the same context Israeli drone and artillery fire was also reported in Khan Yunis, the Sabra neighborhood, and around al-Rantisi Hospital, resulting in numerous injuries.
Last night, a pregnant woman and her unborn child were killed when an Israeli strike hit their home, as Gaza City experienced its harshest night since the start of the ongoing genocide. pic.twitter.com/BvOcC7Tmpj
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The Gaza Health Ministry maintains that the overall Palestinian death toll since the start of the war has reached 63,633, with over 160,914 wounded and more than 10,000 missing. The conflict has also triggered a massive humanitarian crisis, displacing over two million people amid widespread destruction of infrastructure.
Source: Al-Manar English Website and Palestinian media
