As Israeli genocidal war on Gaza nears its 23rd month, the occupation intensified its attacks early Monday, killing at least 25 Palestinians and injuring dozens more in a wave of air and artillery strikes, mostly targeting densely populated areas of Gaza City.
In Sheikh Radwan, northwest Gaza City, Israeli airstrikes hit residential homes and a tent sheltering displaced people near the Tammous Junction, killing at least six and injuring many more. On Al-Yarmouk Street, another airstrike flattened the Dwaifi family home, leaving five dead. Four others, including a young girl, were killed when a tent shelter in Al-Shati (Beach Camp) was bombed.
Airstrikes also targeted residential buildings in Al-Rimal and central Gaza City, where two brothers were killed. Simultaneously, Israeli occupation deployed booby-trapped robots and dropped bombs from small drones onto rooftops—deliberately spreading fear and terror among residents.
The attacks extended beyond northern Gaza. In Nuseirat Refugee Camp in central Gaza, five civilians—one a teenage girl—were killed, and more than 20 injured when a civilian gathering was bombed. In the southern city of Khan Younis, three more were killed, including two brothers, when their displacement tent was hit in Al-Qadisiyah camp. Naval forces also shelled Rafah’s coast.
In tandem with its military escalation, Israeli occupation continues to weaponize hunger. Gaza’s Health Ministry confirmed the death of six Palestinians from famine in a single day, bringing the total number of starvation-related deaths to 393, including 140 children. The deaths are a direct result of Israeli complete blockade on food, medicine, and humanitarian aid, exacerbating an already catastrophic situation.
So far, over 64,000 people have been killed and more than 162,000 injured, mostly women and children, since the war began. Thousands remain missing, while hundreds of thousands are forcibly displaced.
What is unfolding in Gaza is a full-scale genocide. Israeli policies of mass killing, starvation, forced displacement, and systematic destruction of homes and infrastructure amount to crimes against humanity and flagrant violations of international humanitarian law.
The deliberate targeting of displaced persons, use of suicide drones to terrorise civilians, and systematic denial of food and medicine, reflect an intentional strategy to erase an entire population. This is not “collateral damage”, it is a campaign of collective punishment designed to break the will and existence of a people.
