Shafaq News/ Dozens of Palestinians were killedon Thursday as Israeli forces ramped up air and ground assaults across the GazaStrip, while the Israeli military reported one soldier killed in clashes in thenorth of the enclave.
The army identified the fallen soldier as areservist staff sergeant, killed in combat in northern Gaza. Two others — amilitary officer and a soldier — were injured in a separate shooting near theperimeter fence in Beit Hanoun, close to the Israeli border.
The latest surge in violence came as Israeliairstrikes pummeled multiple areas of Gaza. According to Gaza's HealthMinistry, 65 Palestinians were killed since dawn Thursday. Local media reportedthat 15 of those deaths occurred when an airstrike hit a building shelteringdisplaced civilians in Jabalia, in the north.
In the early hours of Friday, an Israeli dronestrike killed five members of a single-family — a father, a pregnant mother,and their three children — as they sheltered in a tent in Al-Mawasi, west ofKhan Younis, local journalists and Al-Aqsa TV reported.
In Rafah, further south, Israeli forcesreportedly resumed the demolition of homes, while in Gaza City, a medicalclinic in the Al-Tuffah neighborhood was targeted, injuring several anddamaging critical infrastructure.
The Israeli army said it had struck a commandcenter jointly used by Hamas and Islamic Jihad in Jabalia, claiming it was“used to coordinate attacks against Israeli civilians.”
Since Israel resumed its war on March 18 — aftera 60-day truce mediated by the US, Egypt, and Qatar — at least 1,978Palestinians have been killed and more than 5,200 wounded, Gaza’s HealthMinistry said. The overall death toll since the war began on October 7 hassurpassed 51,000, with over 117,000 injured — the vast majority of women andchildren.
The UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA)warned Thursday that its supplies of flour, fuel, and child vaccines werenearly depleted amid an ongoing Israeli blockade that has now lasted more than50 days. “Children are starving, the sick are untreated, and people are dying,”said UN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric, calling for the immediate lifting ofrestrictions.
Civil Society and Rights groups are sounding thealarm. Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor warned that the Israeli-imposed siege andsystemic destruction in Gaza “amount to genocide,” citing the collapse offinancial systems, medical infrastructure, and civilian life.
Israeli media reported that Mossad DirectorDavid Barnea traveled to Doha for renewed talks on a potential ceasefire andhostage exchange.
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