Israeli attacks kill 4 more Palestinians as army continues to blow up homes in Gaza

By Hosni Nadim

GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Four people were killed in Israeli bombardment in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, medics said as the army continued to blow up Palestinian homes in the enclave.

The Civil Defense Service said the bodies of three Palestinians were recovered after an Israeli strike on a home in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza.

Several people were injured in the attack.

Witnesses said that the Israeli shelling of a residential neighborhood in the camp had caused massive damage in the area.

A fourth Palestinian was killed in an airstrike on a school in the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza, a medical source said.

Meanwhile, the Israeli army continued to blow up Palestinian homes in areas close to the Netzarim Corridor, which separates northern Gaza from the south, witnesses said.

The Israeli army also shelled the neighborhoods of Tel al-Hawa and Al-Sabra in Gaza City, but no reports were yet available about injuries.

Army forces opened fire on displaced civilians in the northern town of Beit Lahia to force them to flee their areas, witnesses said.

Since Oct. 5, Israel has launched a large-scale ground operation in northern Gaza to allegedly prevent Palestinian resistance group Hamas from regrouping. Palestinians, however, accuse Israel of seeking to occupy the area and forcibly displace its residents.

Since then, no humanitarian aid, including food, medicine and fuel, has been allowed into the area, leaving most of the population there – currently estimated at 80,000 – on the verge of famine.

More than 3,500 people have since been reported dead and missing, according to local health authorities.

The onslaught was the latest episode in Israel’s genocidal war on the Gaza Strip that has killed more than 44,500 people, mostly women and children, since Oct. 7, 2023.

Last month, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.

Israel also faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its deadly war on Gaza.

*Writing by Ahmed Asmar