On the 442nd day of the Israeli aggression on Gaza, the Israeli army continues to commit massacres against Palestinians and target residential buildings, resulting in an increase in the death toll and injuries amidst a worsening humanitarian catastrophe due to the imposed siege on the strip.
A statement from the Civil Defense confirmed that the occupation forces are preventing the retrieval of the bodies of martyrs throughout the Gaza Strip.
Reporters reported today, Saturday, that 7 Palestinians were martyred and others were injured due to an Israeli strike that targeted an internet point in the Beach Camp, west of Gaza City.
Additionally, several civilians were injured as a result of the occupation aircraft bombing a house near the Al-Talebin School on Al-Nafaq Street in the middle of Gaza City.
Later, our reporter indicated that two martyrs fell and another Palestinian was seriously injured due to an Israeli strike that targeted a gathering around Baghdad Mosque in the Beach Camp, west of Gaza City.
Destruction of residential buildings
In the southern sector, our reporter stated that Civil Defense teams retrieved a martyr following an Israeli drone strike on Kherbat Al-Adas, northeast of the city of Rafah.
The reporter clarified that the Israeli occupation forces demolished residential buildings in the Al-Jnaina neighborhood, east of Rafah, while helicopters fired at civilians.
In the central sector, gunfire from occupation aircraft targeted the area west of Al-Nuseirat. The occupation's machinery also fired upon civilians north of Nuseirat Camp, and the area north of Al-Bureij Camp in the central Gaza Strip was subjected to artillery shelling.
Massacre in northern Gaza
This came after hours of Civil Defense teams retrieving 10 martyrs, including 7 children and a woman, due to Israeli shelling on a house belonging to the "Khalla" family, last night in the Jabalia area in northern Gaza Strip.
Our reporter mentioned that northern Gaza Strip areas have been continuously shelled amid a tight blockade that has lasted for nearly 80 consecutive days, resulting in the martyrdom of more than 5,000 Palestinians, in addition to thousands of injured.
Occupation prevents the retrieval of bodies
Meanwhile, the Civil Defense in Gaza stated today, Saturday, that the Israeli occupation continues to "kill citizens" in the strip and "leaves their bodies in the streets for stray dogs to devour, preventing their retrieval in clear violation of international law."
It clarified in a statement that the occupation army prevents Civil Defense teams and medical teams from reaching the bodies of martyrs in every area they infiltrate, claiming that these are "dangerous combat zones" and directly fires upon the teams whenever they approach those areas.
The Civil Defense confirmed that these measures taken by the Israeli occupation are "inconsistent with heavenly laws as well as international and humanitarian laws."
The statement indicated that Civil Defense teams found the bodies of martyrs to be nothing but "skeletons," and in other cases witnessed dogs devouring other bodies, in areas such as the Zaytoun neighborhood, Shuja'iyya, Tal Al-Hawa, Jabalia, Tal Al-Zaatar, Beit Hanoun, and in some eastern areas of Khan Younis and Rafah.
According to the Civil Defense, the occupation also prohibits access to the bodies of thousands of martyrs "after they have decayed under the rubble of the buildings that were destroyed above their residents," and has destroyed all heavy digging equipment and machinery.
With the Israeli occupation forces continuing their aggression against the strip, by land, sea, and air, since October 7, 2023, this has resulted in the martyrdom of 45,206 Palestinians, the majority of whom are women and children, and the injury of 107,512 others, according to the Ministry of Health in Gaza.
This comes while thousands of victims remain under the rubble and in the streets, and rescue and emergency teams are unable to reach them.
