At least 34 civilians were killed and several others injured early Friday morning following two new massacres carried out by Israeli occupation forces in central Gaza. The bloodshed is part of a relentless campaign that has persisted for over eight months.
Al-Awda Hospital in Nuseirat refugee camp reported recovering the bodies of 23 victims — including women and children — after Israeli forces targeted a group of civilians waiting for food aid near the “Martyrs Junction” in the northern part of the camp. The area witnessed extensive destruction and dozens of injuries in a scene that has become tragically routine across the Gaza Strip.
In a second attack, Israeli warplanes bombed a residential home in the Al-Maaskar neighborhood west of Deir al-Balah, killing at least 11 people and wounding others, who were transported to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital. Rescue efforts were hampered as warplanes continued hovering overhead, threatening further strikes and obstructing access to victims.
Since October 7, 2023, Israel has waged what human rights organizations and legal experts are increasingly describing as a genocidal war on Gaza. To date, more than 186,000 Palestinians have been killed or injured, the majority of them women and children. Over 11,000 remain missing, many believed to be buried beneath the rubble or forcibly disappeared.
The situation in Gaza has gone beyond a humanitarian catastrophe to constitute a full-scale crime of genocide. Israel is employing a systematic strategy to destroy the civilian and demographic infrastructure of Gaza through mass bombardment, starvation, the destruction of hospitals and schools, and the deliberate creation of unlivable conditions aimed at dismantling the existence of civilian life.
These acts are not only military in nature but represent grave violations of international humanitarian law — including the principles of distinction and proportionality, and the prohibition on the use of starvation as a weapon of war.
Despite multiple international court rulings ordering an end to such actions, Israel’s continued impunity illustrates a deeply flawed global system — one unable or unwilling to protect civilians from war crimes and crimes against humanity.
As the siege, destruction, and widespread killings continue, Gaza’s population faces a mechanized campaign aimed at erasing both their physical presence and their collective identity — all while the international community remains complicit through its silence and inaction.
