The Israeli occupation forces continue to commit large-scale crimes in Gaza as part of a systematic policy of genocide and the targeted erasure of human life in the besieged territory.
Medical sources reported that 17 civilians were killed on Wednesday morning following intense airstrikes that struck multiple areas across the Gaza Strip, amid the complete absence of any safe zones or real humanitarian corridors.
Eleven people were killed and others injured when occupation warplanes targeted the home of the Jouda family in Al-Shati refugee camp, west of Gaza City. A man and his son were also killed in an airstrike that hit their home in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza.
In western Khan Younis, Israeli drones killed two civilians. They injured several displaced persons after targeting tents sheltering them, an explicit attack on refugee zones that should be protected under international humanitarian law.
Additionally, a civilian was killed and others wounded when a strike hit the home of the Al-Kharoubi family near the vehicle depot in Al-Bureij refugee camp, bringing the morning death toll to at least 17—likely including women and children—based on the repeated patterns of Israeli airstrikes.
Since the outbreak of the genocide on October 7, 2023, Palestinian sources have documented the killing of 57,575 people—most of them women and children—and the injury of more than 136,879 others. These numbers are expected to rise, with thousands still buried under rubble or lying in the streets, as rescue and ambulance crews remain paralyzed by total destruction and the direct targeting of humanitarian workers.
The deliberate targeting of densely populated homes, makeshift shelters, and displacement zones reflects a consistent pattern of grave violations of the laws of war. It indicates a deliberate policy of collective punishment against civilians and the forced depopulation of the territory—a modern blueprint for genocide.
Beyond death and destruction, Gaza’s residents are facing a suffocating humanitarian catastrophe, including the collapse of health services, severe shortages of food and water, and the deprivation of millions of civilians from basic survival necessities—all under a crushing blockade and sustained disruption of vital supplies.
What is happening in Gaza is not merely a conventional “armed conflict,” but an ongoing crime against humanity—an assault on the very foundations of Palestinian life, in flagrant violation of the legal and moral principles that are supposed to govern states’ conduct during war.
