At least 100 dead from Israeli shelling in Gaza – Among the victims many women and children

About 100 people, mostly women and children, were killed in the early hours of Tuesday morning by an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip, according to local emergency services. The US condemned the “horrific” blow to the Palestinian enclave, which has suffered massive destruction after a year of fighting. While the besieged Gaza Strip is facing a humanitarian catastrophe, the adoption yesterday by the Israeli parliament of a law banning all activities of UNRWA, the UN agency described as the “backbone” of humanitarian operations in the small enclave, caused an international outcry. The Israeli military’s operations in the Gaza Strip were launched after the October 7 attack by Hamas’ military arm against southern Israel. The day after the outbreak of war, Hezbollah opened a front against Israel, before daily exchanges of fire turned into open warfare in September. In Beit Lahia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, civil protection announced the death of at least 93 Palestinians […]
Source: News Beast

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