More than three dozen people, including four journalists, have been killed in the latest Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip as the regime presses ahead with its genocidal war.
Media reports said at least 40 people were killed in Thursday’s attacks. This includes four journalists.
The source said the journalists lost their lives when an Israeli drone struck the grounds of the al-Ahali Hospital, also known as the Baptist Hospital, in Gaza City.
The source identified the victims as Sulaiman Hajjaj, Ismail Badah, Samir Al-Rifa’i, and Ahmed Qalaja.
Several other journalists and their relatives were injured in the aerial attack.
Fadel Naim, a doctor at the hospital in Gaza City, said the medical facility targeted by the Israeli army for the eighth time this morning had been reopened just two weeks ago.
“Suddenly, we heard a big explosion,” Naim said of the drone attack.
Figures show that Israeli forces have killed over 230 journalists and media workers since the regime’s genocidal war started in the Gaza Strip more than 19 months ago.
The Gaza Health Ministry said at least 70 people have been killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza in the latest 24-hour reporting period.
The latest attack targeted tents in al-Mawasi refugee camp, leaving several people dead. Several people were killed in an earlier attack on Gaza City’s Al-Zaytoun neighborhood. Israeli artillery fire also targeted eastern Gaza.
Hamas condemns Israel’s latest attack on the Gaza hospital
The Palestinian resistance movement said in a Monday statement that Israel had committed a “new crime” against Palestinians in Gaza.
“The occupation’s targeting of journalists is a systematic crime aimed at silencing them and obliterating their testimony to its crimes.
Hamas also called on the international community to “take urgent action to protect journalists and hold the occupation accountable for its ongoing crimes.”
In a separate development on Wednesday, the US vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution calling for an immediate, unconditional, and permanent ceasefire in Gaza, the only country to do so.
The new resolution “demanded an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire in Gaza respected by all parties.”
Underlining the “catastrophic humanitarian situation” in the Palestinian territory, the resolution additionally demands the lifting of all restrictions on the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza.
It was the Security Council’s first vote on the subject since November 2024, when the US blocked a text calling for an end to the Israeli campaign of genocide.
The Israeli military keeps slaughtering Palestinian civilians in besieged Palestinian territory, as it continues to hit the blockaded territory with air and artillery strikes.
The US-Israeli genocide, which began in October 2023, has so far claimed the lives of over 54,670 Palestinians. Most of the victims are women and children.
