The Israeli occupation continues its onslaught and massacres in the Gaza Strip, intensifying its aggression specifically in the northern part of the territory, and committing atrocities that necessitate urgent intervention to save civilians.

In the past 48 hours, Israeli occupation forces committed five massacres against civilians, women, children, and the elderly, killing 96 Palestinians and injuring 277 others, Gaza's Health Ministry revealed in its daily report.

This brings the total number of Palestinians killed in the Israeli aggression on Gaza since October 7 to 43,020, in addition to 101,110 injured that arrived at hospitals, the ministry added.

While some victims were able to be transported to the very few functioning hospitals in the Strip, countless others are trapped under the rubble, as Civil Defense crews cannot reach them due to Israeli bombardments and deliberate attacks against first responders.

Look at the decomposed bodies of victims scattered on the streets around the Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza after the withdrawal of Israeli troops.

This is the essence of Zionism. This is the meaning of "Western civilization." pic.twitter.com/3PdszUFU9I

— Seyed Mohammad Marandi (@s_m_marandi) October 27, 2024

Earlier on Sunday, at least nine Palestinians were killed in yet another Israeli airstrike on a UN-operated school sheltering displaced civilians, west of Gaza City, Anadolu Agency reported, citing a medical source.

A father, injured from the Israeli occupation’s airstrike that targeted Asmaa School in the Shati refugee camp, located west of Gaza City, carries his wounded child as he desperately searches for an ambulance. pic.twitter.com/oMQz1HPzdg

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The Israeli strike, which hit Asmaa School—managed by the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in the al-Shati refugee camp—also left 20 others injured, with the toll expected to rise.

9-year-old Zaina Al-Ghoul was murdered yesterday in an Israeli airstrike while waiting in queue to receive a biscuit at the Asmaa School in Gaza City.#GazaHolocaust pic.twitter.com/nDYAFUvQ04

— Seyed Mohammad Marandi (@s_m_marandi) October 28, 2024

This marked the second attack on the same school within just a few days. An earlier airstrike on October 19 had already killed at least 10 people and injured several others.

The Israeli occupation military has consistently targeted civilian infrastructure, including schools, hospitals, and places of worship, during its ongoing war on the Gaza Strip.

Israeli siege has more than 100,000 residents trapped in north Gaza

The Palestinian Civil Emergency Service has reported that tens of thousands of residents are trapped in the Israeli siege on the northern Gaza Strip, lacking sufficient food, water, and medicine supply.

Gaza Civil Defense Spokesperson Mahmoud Basal announced that more than 100,000 Palestinians in the areas of Jabalia, Beit Hanoun, and Beit Lahia are subjected to Israeli siege and bombardment.

The spokesperson said its operations had ground to a halt because of the three-week-long Israeli force's brutal invasion of the north.

"The Israeli occupation is killing anyone who tries to provide aid to the people of the northern Gaza Strip," Basal said.

“The fate of many people remains unknown as the occupation regime is carrying out the ethnic cleansing of the northern part of the Palestinian enclave,” he added.

The Civil Defence official pointed out that for 22 days, not a drop of water or a piece of bread has entered the northern Gaza Strip, slamming the international inaction towards what’s happening in northern Gaza.

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