Israel-Hamas war: At least 17 people killed in airstrike in Gaza
An Israeli airstrike killed at least 17 people in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis on Tuesday, Palestinian officials said, as talks on a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas ended without a breakthrough.
First responders with the Civil Defense circulated footage of rescuers pulling dead and wounded people from the rubble of a house, including a child with blood on his face who was not moving. The nearby European Hospital said on Tuesday that it had received 17 bodies overnight.
The Israeli military said in a statement that it was carrying out targeted raids on militant infrastructure in Khan Younis while trying to evacuate civilians from the area.
The latest fatalities brought the overall Palestinian toll from the nearly five-month war to 30,631, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.
It does not differentiate between civilians and combatants in its figures but says women and children make up around two-thirds of the total casualties. It says over 72,000 people have been wounded.
Israel launched its offensive after Hamas-led militants stormed across the border on Oct. 7, killing some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and abducting around 250.
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At least 10 children have reportedly died in isolated northern Gaza because of dehydration and malnutrition, UNICEF said.
Adele Khodr, the UNICEF regional director for the Middle East and North Africa, said in a statement Monday that “there are likely more children fighting for their lives somewhere in one of Gaza’s few remaining hospitals, and likely even more children in the north unable to obtain care at all”.
She added that “these tragic and horrific deaths are manmade, predictable and entirely preventable”.
The Gaza Health Ministry said Sunday that 15 children had starved to death at Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza and that another six in the intensive care unit were at risk
of dying from malnutrition and dehydration. It was not clear if the children had underlying medical conditions that increased their vulnerability.
Northern Gaza, which was the first target of Israel’s offensive after Hamas’ October 7 attack, has been largely isolated for months.
The World Food Programme recently suspended aid shipments, citing the breakdown of security.
An attempt by the Israeli military to bring in aid ended in tragedy last week when scores of Palestinians died after being shot by Israeli forces or trampled in a melee.
Across Gaza, more than 576,000 people a quarter of the population are a step away from famine, the UN says. Northern Gaza has been especially hard-hit.
Several hundred thousand Palestinians are believed to remain there, and many have been reduced to eating animal fodder to survive.
The UN says one in six children under 2 in the north suffer from acute malnutrition. Gaza Strip Palestinian officials say an Israeli airstrike has killed at least 17 people in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis.
First responders with the Civil Defense circulated video footage of rescuers pulling dead and wounded people from the rubble of a house, including a child with blood on his face who was not moving.
The nearby European Hospital said Tuesday that it had received 17 bodies overnight.