At least 6 killed as Israeli forces shell Palestinians gathering to get internet signal in northern Gaza

By Hosni Nadim

GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – At least six people were killed when Israeli forces shelled a group of Palestinian civilians in the northern Gaza Strip on Wednesday, a medical source said.

An artillery shell hit a group of people in the Sheikh Zayed Towers area in northern Gaza as they gathered to get an internet signal, witnesses said.

“The bodies of six people were transferred to the Indonesian and Kemal Adwan hospitals in northern Gaza,” the medical source said.

The attack was the latest in a massive Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip since an Oct. 7 Hamas attack despite a UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate cease-fire.

More than 40,800 Palestinians, mostly women and children, have since been killed and nearly 94,300 others injured, according to local health authorities.

An ongoing blockade of the enclave has led to severe shortages of food, clean water and medicine, leaving much of the region in ruins.

Israel faces accusations of genocide for its actions in Gaza at the International Court of Justice.

*Writing by Ahmed Asmar