At least 15 dead including 9 children of the same couple after bombing of the Israeli army in Gaza – Liberation

Air strikes by the TSAhal army do not weaken. The Civil Defense of Gaza announced the death of fifteen people, including children, In Israeli strikes on Saturday in the besieged Palestinian territory devastated by the war. According to help, the nine children of a couple of doctors were killed in a strike.

The Israeli army has Intensified in mid-May its air and terrestrial campaign in the Gaza Strip With the aim of annihilating Hamas, taking control of the Palestinian territory and freeing the Israeli hostages that have been retained there since October 7, 2023.

Inside The Nasser Hospital of Khan Younès In the south of Gaza, Palestinians cry in front of the bodies of their loved ones including that of a child, placed in white covers, according to AFP images. A man tries to console two women in tears. Others recite the prayer of the dead.

“A missile dropped by an airplane fell on the house and destroyed it. There were only civilians, my sister, her husband and their two children were killed ”, Tell AFP Wissam al-Madhoun at the hospital. “We found their bodies in the street. That this child did against Netanyahu to deserve this ? « he exclaimed.

According to the Civil Defense spokesman, Mahmoud Bassal, « At least fifteen Palestinians whose women and children have perished in Israeli strikes » In the Gaza Strip, where the 2.4 million inhabitants are faced with serious shortages of water, food and drugs.

Four Palestinians whose child was killed in the Al-Touffah (North) region, and five in a strike « Against a gathering of citizens waiting for aid trucks west of Khan Younès »he said.

In the Amal district in Khan Younès, « Four martyrs, members of the same family, fell after a strike against an apartment »continued Mahmoud Bassal, reporting two dead to Usiratin the center of the territory.

In a statement, the Israeli army said that its troops had in recent 24 hours « Eliminated from terrorists and dismantled terrorist infrastructure including underground » in Gaza. The Air Force said they had « Struck more than 100 terrorist targets ».

Israel has bend the Gaza Strip since the start of the war and prohibited territory access to journalists from outside. After a two -month truce that allowed the return of around thirty Israeli hostages (including eight dead) in exchange for the release of some 1,800 Palestinian prisoners, Israel resumed his offensive on March 18 in Gaza. The indirect negotiations between Israel and Hamas, which took power in Gaza in 2007, are at a standstill.