Israeli forces launched another deadly assault in northern Gaza on Saturday, targeting Palestinians gathered near the Sudaniyya area as they waited for humanitarian aid. According to local health officials, 12 civilians were killed and around 50 wounded in the strike, another grim addition to the growing list of massacres occurring at or near food distribution sites across the besieged Strip.

عدد من الشهد.اء جراء استهداف مباشر على شاطئ بحر شمال غزة -السودانية ، خلال انتظارهم دخول المساعدات من معبر زكيم pic.twitter.com/A8l3KX9Nxd

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The attack comes as part of an escalating Israeli military campaign that has left at least 90 Palestinians martyred and over 600 injured in the past 48 hours alone, according to the official Palestinian news agency WAFA. Areas hit hardest include eastern Gaza City and Khan Younis, where Israeli bombardments since dawn have claimed 40 lives, medical staff at Nasser Medical Complex reported. A separate drone strike by an Israeli quadcopter killed four civilians in al-Shuja'iyya.

These latest atrocities follow a wider pattern of violence surrounding foreign-managed aid efforts. The US- and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) recently suspended its operations after admitting its failure to distribute food aid. While GHF blamed "direct threats" from Hamas without offering evidence, local authorities and human rights groups say the real cause lies in GHF's mismanagement and coordination with Israeli forces. Its aid sites, often located near military posts, have repeatedly become the scene of massacres. Gaza's Health Ministry reports that GHF-linked incidents have resulted in 110 deaths and more than 1,000 injuries.

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In response to Saturday's massacre, Palestinian Resistance movement Hamas issued a forceful condemnation.

"The massacre committed today by the Israeli occupation against more than 15 Palestinians as they attempted to obtain humanitarian aid confirms that it is using hunger as a weapon of war against civilians in the Gaza Strip," the group stated. It called on the international community, as well as Arab and Islamic nations, to "urgently act to put an end to this bloody mechanism practiced by the occupation against our people in Gaza," warning of the catastrophic consequences of continued global silence.

Resistance Response

While civilians bear the brunt of the siege, the Palestinian Resistance continues to respond militarily to the Israeli invasion. On Friday, Hamas' al-Qassam Brigades released footage of its "David's Stones" operations, showing direct strikes on Israeli military assets, including a Merkava tank in southern Khan Younis hit by a Yassin-105 anti-tank shell, and an IED attack on an Israeli bulldozer east of Jabalia. In Beit Lahia, fighters ambushed Israeli forces barricaded inside a residential structure, reportedly inflicting casualties. Meanwhile, al-Quds Brigades claimed responsibility for detonating a minefield targeting an Israeli sapper unit east of Khan Younis.

#شاهد ضمن سلسلة عمليات "حجارة داود" مشاهد استهداف دبابة إسرائيلية من نوع "ميركفاه" بقذيفة "الياسين 105" قرب مفترق أبو شرخ جنوب مدينة خانيونس ودك تجمعات الاحتلال في محاور التوغل بقذائف الهاون#طوفان_الأقصى pic.twitter.com/1gP2DB60Wn

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Hamas dismissed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's claims of "absolute victory" as "misleading illusions." The movement declared that "Israel's" prolonged campaign has only deepened its losses and that Netanyahu's refusal to pursue a comprehensive agreement is dragging his government, and political career, toward collapse.

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