In an attack on Khan Younis, in southern Gaza, nine children were killed on Sunday. They were the children of two doctors. They ranged in age from just a few months old to twelve years.
Only an eleven-year-old son survived, but he is in the hospital with wounds to his arm and head. His father is also in critical condition. The man has suffered damage to multiple organs and is in intensive care, writes .
The mother of the family, a pediatrician, was on her way to work when the bombing took place. Rescue workers found the charred bodies of the children and were able to save one child.
The Israeli army (IDF) reported on Saturday that the attack was aimed at “suspects in a nearby building.” Members of Hamas were allegedly hiding there. Because civilians were killed, the armed forces say they are investigating the attack, but in practice this rarely happens.
At Least Thirty More Palestinians Killed
The IDF further stepped up the attacks. At least thirty people were killed on Sunday. In the Jabalia camp in northern Gaza, a local journalist was killed, reports press agency Several family members were also killed in an attack on his home. Since the attack on October 7, 220 journalists have been killed in the area.
In another airstrike in Nuseirat, in central Gaza, a senior official of the emergency service and his wife were killed. his wife in their home, medics added. Nuseirat is part of the humanitarian zone that Israel had declared. Civilians were supposed to be safe there, but the opposite is true.
Dozens of Palestinians were also killed in an attack on Khan Younis on Saturday. Among them were two aid workers from the International Red Cross.
Earlier, the army designated Khan Younis as a war zone. Palestinians had to leave the area, but Israel did not make it clear where these people should go. After all, the vast majority of Gaza has been destroyed, there is not enough water and food anywhere, and parts are occupied by the army. Aid organizations therefore say that it is not safe anywhere.
IDF Wants To Occupy 75 percent of Gaza in Two Months
The Israeli army announced a new war goal on Sunday. The IDF wants to occupy 75 percent of the Gaza Strip in two months. That will be part of the new offensive against Hamas, writes
The new offensive was resumed on March 18. Israel thus ended the ceasefire. Since then, according to the Israeli newspaper, tens of thousands of troops have been deployed. “They are ready to defeat the military branch of Hamas and the civilian administration in Gaza.”
Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir of the IDF visited Khan Younis on Sunday. “This is not an endless war,” he said about it. He stated that Hamas has lost most of its resources, including its command and control. But experts previously told NU.nl that defeating Hamas is impossible. “Where one Hamas fighter is killed, another one appears somewhere else,” was the conclusion.
Although the army announces a new goal, the IDF is hedging its bets. It only promises to strike if Hamas does not agree to the release of the hostages. At the same time, Gaza is currently being bombarded with attacks and no agreement with Hamas is in sight.
Distribution Organization Emergency Aid Gaza Not Yet Ready
Although Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Thursday that the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) “would be ready in a few days,” nothing seems to have come of it. The GHF must be responsible for so-called safe distribution points for food and aid in Gaza
For example, a reporter from sees that the distribution of relief goods has not yet started. According to her, the aid that comes in also “does not offer any change”. “Some bakeries were open for a few days, but then announced that they would close due to the dangerous conditions in which people are desperately looking for food,” the news site writes.
Palestinians are therefore still struggling to find one meal a day to feed their family. The announced aid from Israel is therefore only symbolic.