'Israel' kills 50+ Palestinians in Gaza in one night
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The Israeli occupation continues its brutal aggression on the Gaza Strip for about two weeks now, targeting homes, residential towers, and the vicinity of hospitals.
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A Palestinian girl reacts as a child is carried from the rubble of a building after an Israeli airstrike in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Saturday, Oct. 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)
Al Mayadeen's correspondent in occupied Palestine reported that more than 50 Palestinians were martyred just tonight as a result of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip.
The Israeli occupation continues its brutal aggression on the Gaza Strip for about two weeks now, targeting homes, residential towers, and the vicinity of hospitals.
On Saturday night, Israeli aircraft bombed a house west of Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip, resulting in the martyrdom of 12 individuals from a single family so far, including three children.
The Israeli warplanes also renewed their shelling of al-Awdah and al-Nada towers in the northern and eastern parts of Beit Lahia, simultaneously targeting Abu Ureif Street in the center of the Gaza Strip with airstrikes and illuminating bombs.
Furthermore, Israeli occupation forces targeted the internal security headquarters and several civilian homes in the al-Jneineh neighborhood in Rafah city.
Al Mayadeen's correspondent reported that Israeli aircraft conducted intensive and violent air raids on the al-Zeitoun neighborhood in the eastern part of Gaza City, targeting several houses, with reported casualties, missing individuals, and injuries.
Our correspondent also confirmed that Israeli forces targeted a house in Jabalia city in the northern Gaza Strip with airstrikes.
Additionally, Israeli warplanes carried out intense airstrikes, coinciding with heavy artillery shelling, on various locations in Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip, and targeted areas in the eastern part of the Shuja'iya neighborhood in the eastern Gaza City with a series of violent airstrikes.
Our correspondent also confirmed that the Israeli occupation targeted the area along the 1948-occupied Palestinian territories and the Gaza Strip separation fence with intense artillery shelling that extended along the line.
Earlier, the Rafah crossing was opened for 20 trucks carrying international aid to Gazans. The crossing had been subject to multiple air raids by the Israeli occupation forces since October 7, as "Israel" tightened its blockade on the Strip.
However, none of the trucks contained fuel for the Strip. Energy supplies in Gaza are extremely low, which threatens to put vital machines in hospitals out of service, putting at risk even more civilian lives.
Adnan Abu Hasna, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) spokesperson, told Al Mayadeen that Gaza needs a hundred truckloads per day to meet the needs of forcibly displaced people,
In this regard, five United Nations agencies, on Saturday, announced that the situation in the Gaza Strip has been "catastrophic" as they urged for further international assistance given the deteriorating conditions across the Strip.
"More than 1.6 million people in Gaza are in critical need of humanitarian aid," said the statement from the agencies, adding that "children, pregnant women, and the elderly remain the most vulnerable."
The statement also underscored that "nearly half of Gaza's population are children" and that "Gaza was a desperate humanitarian situation before the most recent hostilities," however, "it is now catastrophic."
"The world must do more," urged the statement by the signatories: the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF, the World Food Programme, the UNDP, and the UNFPA.
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