At least 500 Palestinian children have been killed by sustained Israeli air attacks and bombardments in Gaza since Israel broke the ceasefire with Hamas last month, said Mahmoud Basal, spokesperson of the Gaza Civil Defence, while a UN official described the war-torn territory as a “post-apocalyptic” killing zone.
Meanwhile, Israeli air raids in Gaza on Saturday killed at least six people, including a child, bringing the death toll in the last 24 hours to more than 20. More than 1,500 people have been killed since Israel resumed its bombardment of Gaza on March 18, according to figures from the Palestinian Ministry of Health.
In the latest Israeli attacks on Saturday, two people were reported killed, and two children were injured in Gaza’s Tuffah neighbourhood, while two others were killed in al-Atatra district of Beit Lahiya, in the northern part of Gaza.
Another Palestinian was killed in an Israeli drone attack in the Qizan an-Najjar area, south of Khan Younis.
Several casualties were also reported following Israeli air raids on the tent shelters of civilians in the al-Mawasi area, west of Khan Younis, which Israel had designated a so-called “safe zone”.
media’s Hind Khoudary, reporting outside Al-Ahli Hospital in Deir el-Balah, central Gaza, reported that a newborn named Sham was severely injured after the child’s family was hit in an attack.
“She was in very critical condition where her arm was amputated and she died a couple of hours later, because her injury was very critical and doctors were unable to help her situation,” she said. The death brings to six the number of deaths early on Saturday.
Khoudary also reported that two forced evacuation orders were issued on Saturday in Shujayea and Khan Younis.
“Palestinians do not know where to go.”
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