By Mohamed Majed
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) - The Israeli army killed 184 Palestinians and injured dozens of others over the past three days, the Gaza Media Office said Saturday.
"In a dangerous and unethical escalation as usual, the Israeli occupation army carried out more than 94 strikes, bombardments, and crimes over the past 72 hours, targeting unarmed civilians and residential areas across Gaza governorates, particularly in Gaza City, in a brutal and deliberate manner,” the office said in a statement.
"The attacks killed more than 184 Palestinians, including dozens whose bodies have not been retrieved due to the destruction of infrastructure and the inability to reach them under the rubble,” the office added.
The Israeli attacks have been compounded by the army’s prevention of ambulances, civil defense, medical teams, and emergency relief crews from accessing these bodies and the injured, it highlighted.
"These crimes constitute blatant violations of all international laws and norms and fall under the category of war crimes and genocide targeting innocent civilians in the Gaza Strip,” the office further said.
It said that the “(Israeli) occupation is employing a scorched-earth policy, obliterating entire residential blocks with their inhabitants, leading to the destruction of dozens of homes and the deaths and injuries of large numbers of people, including women and children."
The government media office also urged the UN to "send independent international investigation teams to document these heinous crimes and bring the perpetrators to justice."
Despite a UN Security Council resolution calling for an immediate cease-fire, the Israeli army has continued a genocidal war on Gaza that has killed over 45,650 victims, mostly women and children, since Oct. 7, 2023.
In November 2024, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Netanyahu and his 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 war on the enclave.
*Writing by Rania Abu Shamala