Several killed as Israel ramps up attacks across Gaza

By Anadolu staff

GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Several Palestinians were killed in fresh Israeli airstrikes in the northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday, medical sources and witnesses said.

A fighter jet hit a home in Jabalia in northern Gaza, killing several people and injuring others, a medical source said.

Witnesses also reported fatalities when Israeli forces opened fire on Gazans fleeing for safety west of Jabalia.

Artillery shelling was also reported in the vicinity of Kamal Adwan Hospital in the northern city of Beit Lahia, but no information was yet available about casualties.

Meanwhile, Gaza’s Health Ministry warned that hospitals in northern Gaza are about to cease operations due to fuel shortages.

Israel has continued its brutal offensive on the Gaza Strip following an attack by the Palestinian group Hamas last year, despite a UN Security Council resolution calling for an immediate cease-fire.

Nearly 42,000 people have since been killed, mostly women and children, and over 97,500 others injured, according to local health authorities.

The Israeli onslaught has displaced almost the entire population of the Gaza Strip amid an ongoing blockade that has led to severe shortages of food, clean water and medicine.

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

*Writing by Ahmed Asmar in Ankara