Amidst a shameful international silence and a deepening failure to protect civilians, the Israeli occupation continues to perpetrate systematic crimes against the population of the Gaza Strip, in what amounts to a genocidal war now entering its 21st consecutive month.
From the early hours of Saturday until the time of this report’s publication, 28 Palestinians have been killed across various parts of Gaza, including 17 civilians who were awaiting humanitarian aid. Among the victims are three women and several children, as a result of airstrikes and sniper fire by Israeli occupation forces targeting homes, displacement tents, and civilian gatherings, according to medical sources and eyewitnesses.
In central Gaza, Israeli warplanes struck a residential home south of Al-Zawaida, killing an entire family of five; a man, his wife, and their three children, in yet another attack reflecting the repeated pattern of targeting Palestinian families inside their homes. Another Palestinian was also killed, and several civilians were injured in a separate strike on a residential area in the same town.
In Khan Younis, southern Gaza, Israeli drones targeted tents sheltering displaced persons near the Sinaa junction, killing three Palestinians and injuring others.
In a similar attack, a mother and her daughter were killed when their tent was bombed near the “Asdaa Prison Gate”, an area that has become a refuge for hundreds of forcibly displaced families.
At night, Israeli forces continued implementing a scorched-earth policy by detonating homes and civilian structures in the eastern neighbourhoods of Khan Younis, as part of a systematic displacement campaign.
In Rafah, occupation forces committed yet another massacre against starving civilians awaiting aid. They opened fire on a civilian gathering near a food distribution point belonging to the so-called “Gaza Humanitarian Foundation”, killing four Palestinians and injuring dozens more.
In Gaza City, an apartment belonging to the Al-Yazji family in the Ayadiyah neighbourhood was targeted, resulting in civilian casualties, including children.
What is taking place in Gaza far exceeds the bounds of any conventional armed conflict; it constitutes a full-scale genocide. The deliberate targeting of civilians, including the wounded, the displaced, and those waiting for food assistance, cannot be justified under any military pretext.
These acts clearly indicate an intent to destroy an entire community through mass killing, enforced starvation, and the systematic destruction of homes and infrastructure. Such conduct represents a blatant violation of the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, as well as the Geneva Conventions, which explicitly prohibit the targeting of civilians during armed conflicts.
The Israeli occupation, backed by unwavering political and military support, chiefly from the United States, has evaded accountability for decades, emboldening it to commit crimes with impunity and without fear of international justice.
Since 7 October 2023, Israel’s war machine has killed or injured over 208,000 Palestinians, the majority of whom are women and children, according to field medical statistics. More than 9,000 people remain missing, either trapped beneath the rubble or forcibly disappeared.
As famine continues to claim lives across the Gaza Strip, hundreds of thousands of residents endure conditions of forced displacement, without shelter, food, or clean water, amid the near-total collapse of the healthcare system and humanitarian services, all under a suffocating blockade that blocks access to fuel, medicine, and food.
The international community’s failure to halt this genocide in Gaza is not merely a moral and legal failure, but a form of silent complicity in one of the most brutal crimes against humanity of the 21st century.
