The Israeli occupation army continues its acts of genocide against the people of the Gaza Strip. On day 432, Gaza experienced a new bloody escalation, where the Israeli occupation forces committed a horrific massacre in the town of Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip, resulting in the deaths of 22 martyrs, including children and women. The occupation's warplanes targeted a residential building belonging to the Abu Tarabish family near Kamal Adwan Hospital, which housed more than 30 displaced persons, causing it to be leveled to the ground.
In the context of the ongoing aggression, the occupation forces targeted large areas in the northern Gaza Strip, especially the Jabalia and Beit Lahiya areas, where widespread destruction and burning of residential neighborhoods occurred, along with systematic bombing of homes.
The occupation forces launched explosive robots around Kamal Adwan Hospital to blow up populated areas, causing widespread devastation. They also burned several homes in the Jabalia camp and the Al-Aalami area, and targeted the Sabtawe area with fire belts to expand the scope of destruction.
Since the night hours, the Israeli artillery has continued to randomly target the Beit Lahiya project, while drones are firing at citizens' homes in Jabalia town.
The Civil Defense in Gaza announced that its teams had recovered the bodies of seven martyrs and several injured individuals from a home targeted by the Israeli occupation in Al-Saafeen Street in Nuseirat camp, in the central Gaza Strip.
The humanitarian crisis in Gaza: A government statement raises the alarm
The government media office in the Gaza Strip issued a statement numbered 691, indicating that the Gaza Strip is suffering from a severe humanitarian disaster, as a result of the continuation of the Israeli policy of starvation that has affected more than 2,444,000 Palestinians, including one million children and one million women.
The statement confirmed that the blockade, which has lasted for more than 430 days, has exacerbated the suffering of the population, as bakeries have closed due to a lack of supplies, leading to the deaths of several citizens while waiting to obtain bread.
The government media office called on the international community and humanitarian organizations, including the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), to intervene immediately to address the food crisis. It also urged UNRWA to intensify its efforts to support Palestinian refugees facing genocide and starvation.
The statement emphasized that the complex crimes committed by the Israeli occupation against Palestinian civilians are classified as crimes against humanity under international law. It called for an immediate end to the ongoing Israeli aggression and for holding the occupation accountable for its crimes.
As of now, the number of victims of the Israeli genocidal war has risen to more than 160,000, including martyrs, injured, and missing persons. With the ongoing blockade, the humanitarian situation in Gaza has reached a catastrophic level, as indicated by the government media office in its statement.
