Israeli attacks on Gaza kill at least 88, including children in their sleep

Israel has unleashed a bid of aerial attacks connected the Gaza Strip that killed astir 90 people, including galore children successful their sleep, arsenic its main state the United States erstwhile again vetoed a United Nations Security Council solution demanding a ceasefire.

At slightest 66 radical were killed successful an onslaught aboriginal connected Thursday that hit a residential neighbourhood successful Beit Lahiya, successful Gaza’s besieged north, Palestinian wellness officials said.

Hussam Abu Safia, the manager of the adjacent Kamal Adwan Hospital, told Al Jazeera astir of the victims “were dormant erstwhile they were killed”.

“A precise ample fig of casualties has arrived, and determination are inactive galore bodies hanging connected the walls, ceilings. It’s mostly children and women,” helium said successful a dependable message.

Abu Safia said infirmary unit rushed to the site, retrieving bodies, collecting remains and rescuing trapped people.

“We are already operating with the bare minimum resources, that is wherefore astir of our unit are present engaged rescuing the injured … owed to the deficiency of ambulances and resources,” the paediatrician added.

“The concern is honestly precise dire. We cannot header with this monolithic fig of injured and casualties that person arrived to Kamal Adwan Hospital.”

Separately connected Thursday, astatine slightest 22 people, including 10 children, were killed successful Israeli bombardment of Gaza City’s Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood, a civilian defence spokesperson said.

1-14: Ceasefire solution blocked by US

More than 13 months of Israeli attacks connected Gaza person killed immoderate 44,000 people, including much than 17,000 children, and wounded 104,000. With assistance mostly chopped off, galore successful the densely populated territory are present facing the menace of starvation.

Israel launched its ferocious subject run aft an estimated 1,139 people, mostly civilians, were killed successful an onslaught led by the Palestinian equipped radical Hamas connected October 7 past year, with immoderate 250 radical taken captive. About 100 of them were released aft a truce and captive swap woody a twelvemonth agone but negotiations person mostly stalled since then.

Thursday’s overnight attacks took spot hours aft a Security Council solution calling for a ceasefire successful Gaza and the merchandise of the captives failed to walk erstwhile imperishable member, the US, formed a lone No ballot successful the 15-member body.

This was the 4th clip that US President Joe Biden’s medication has vetoed specified a resolution since the commencement of the war.

Deputy envoy Robert Wood said the US, which provides Israel with astatine slightest $3.8bn successful subject assistance annually, could not backmost the measurement due to the fact that it was not linked to the contiguous merchandise of those held successful Gaza.

“We made wide passim negotiations we could not enactment an unconditional ceasefire that failed to merchandise the hostages,” helium said.

A antheral cries implicit the bodies of his relatives killed successful an Israeli aerial onslaught connected the Al-Mawasi area, astatine Nasser Hospital successful Khan Younis, confederate Gaza Strip [Haitham Imad/EPA-EFE]

As the latest planetary effort to bring an extremity to the warring failed, civilians successful Gaza proceed to carnivore the brunt, particularly successful the bluish governorate which has been nether an Israeli siege for much than six weeks. Israel maintains that it wants to forestall the regrouping of Hamas successful the area.

In summation to the ongoing shelling, residents crossed Gaza are struggling to header with a worsening humanitarian situation arsenic wintertime approaches.

Most Palestinians, who person been forced to fly question aft question of Israeli attacks, unrecorded successful tents and makeshift shelters that are inadequate for acold upwind and rain. The Norwegian Refugee Council has warned that much than 1 cardinal Palestinians successful Gaza bash not person capable structure for the coming months.

Food proviso is different issue.

Certain pockets crossed the 2.2 million-strong territory are connected the cusp of famine and a increasing fig of civilians are suffering from acute deficiency of food.

The introduction of assistance trucks has been severely hampered by Israeli authorities and, lately, by transgression gangs operating successful areas nether Israeli control, according to reports.