Israel increased its bombardment of Gaza into Sunday, killing at least 40 people after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stressed that the only way to secure the release of hostages was intense military pressure on Hamas.
The Israeli attacks took place amid fierce fighting, and the communications were down for a fourth day, making relief measures difficult. The Palestinian Red Crescent said on X (formerly known as Twitter), “The communication blackout in Gaza is the longest since the start of the Israeli escalation.”
Israeli missile strikes against a house belonging to the Shehab family killed 24 people and injured dozens of others in Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza. Hamas Aqsa radio said, quoting the director of the health ministry. “Jabalia suffered tank, air, and naval bombardment overnight, it has been suffering a brutal war for days, people are dying in the streets, and we can’t get to them,” he said by telephone. He added, “We believe the number of dead people under the rubble is huge, but there is no way to remove the rubble and recover them because of the intensity of Israeli fire.”
Around 19,000 Palestinians have been killed, according to Gaza health officials, and thousands buried in the rubble of Israeli air strikes since the October 7 attack of Hamas on Israel.
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