2 Israeli massacres kill 88 Palestinians in northern Gaza

By Al Mayadeen English
Source: Al Mayadeen
21 Nov 2024 07:03

Strikes on Beit Lahia and the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood killed and injured dozens of Palestinian civilians overnight.

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Palestinians inspect the rubble caused by an Israeli air strike on a house in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip, Palestine, May 12, 2023. (AP)

At least 88 Palestinians were killed in Beit Lahia and the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in Gaza City, in the northern Gaza Strip, early on Thursday.

Israeli occupation forces struck neighborhoods in the northern Gaza Strip, killing 66 and injuring dozens in Beit Lahia and killing 22 in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood.

In the second strike, an Israeli bomb targeted the family home of the al-Arouqi family, killing at least 10 children, local Palestinian media reported.

As part of its ongoing campaign of genocide against the Gaza Strip, the Israeli occupation committed two new massacres, resulting in the martyrdom of over 85 individuals. The first occurred in Beit Lahia, and the second in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood.

Meanwhile, the strike in Beit Lahia targeted an area in close proximity to the besieged Kamal Adwan Hospital.

In the context of the ongoing genocide against Palestinians, Israeli artillery heavily shelled Beit Lahia, while helicopters continuously fired munitions at the area.

Nearby in the Jabalia refugee camp, Israeli occupation forces demolished several residential buildings. The al-Zaytoun, Tal al-Hawa, and al-Sabra neighborhoods in Gaza City, also came under Israeli attack on Thursday.

Parts of the central Gaza Strip, including the al-Nuseirat and al-Bureij refugee camps were also shelled by Israeli artillery units.

So far, health authorities have confirmed that the Israeli aggression has martyred 43,985 Palestinians and wounded 104,092 others. Thousands have been listed as missing by authorities, as their status could not be confirmed to this point, either due to their abduction by occupation forces or because their bodies have not been recovered to this point.

Palestinian Resistance factions condemn Israeli massacres against civilians

Palestinian Resistance factions condemned, on Thursday, the Israeli occupation for committing two new massacres with US military and political support, the first in Beit Lahia and the second in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, which resulted in the martyrdom of more than 88 people.

Hamas said in a statement that the Israeli occupation continues to commit its crimes, in an attempt to extend the brutal war of extermination against the Palestinian people, under the "criminal US cover and unlimited military and political support," the latest of which was the "veto" that killed a UNSC resolution yesterday advocating for a permanent ceasefire in the Gaza Strip.

Hamas held "the international community and international institutions responsible for the continuation of these massacres against our people in the northern Gaza Strip, as a result of silence and inability to activate mechanisms for protection from extermination and cleansing and to carry out the legal and moral role in protecting the Palestinian people."

Hamas also called for global action from all parties and for exerting more pressure to stop the Israeli extermination, in addition to taking all necessary measures that deter the entity from continuing its crimes and its systematic plans to displace the Palestinians.

Washington gave 'Israel' a 'carte blanche' to kill

On its part, the Palestinian al-Mujahideen Movement said the horrific Israeli massacre in Beit Lahia came with US blessing after using the "veto" against the ceasefire resolution at the UNSC yesterday.

The al-Mujahideen Movement held "the criminal American administration directly and fully responsible for giving the Nazi entity's government a carte blanche to kill and commit genocide, by using the veto against the ceasefire resolution at the Security Council."