Gaza Massacres Escalate: Israeli Strikes Kill Civilians, Starvation Claims More Children

Watan-Israeli forces continued committing what Palestinian sources describe as massacres in Gaza, targeting displaced families, aid centers, and densely populated areas. Multiple civilians, including children, were killed in a series of airstrikes and artillery shelling across the Gaza Strip. In eastern Gaza City, three people were killed in Al-Tuffah neighborhood, while another child’s body was recovered from rubble in Al-Shati refugee camp.

Helicopter raids and tank fire pounded neighborhoods in Al-Shujaiya, Al-Zaytoun, and other eastern areas, forcing mass displacement. Residents who fled to the western parts of the city found themselves crammed into overcrowded, underserved areas.

In northern Gaza, Israeli strikes in Jabalia killed five people, including a child. Meanwhile, in central Gaza, a 1.5-year-old girl died from starvation due to Israel’s siege, bringing the number of children who have starved to death to 69. Total deaths from hunger and lack of medicine now stand at 620, according to medical sources.

Drone fire also wounded civilians in Al-Bureij refugee camp, as strikes continued near humanitarian centers and displacement camps, including UN-run facilities.

In Khan Younis, which has become a major hub for displaced people from Israeli ground invasions, several massacres occurred. Airstrikes on a family home and tent encampments killed and injured dozens, including children. Israeli drones and helicopters also attacked a school sheltering refugees, and artillery targeted several civilian areas, including the Aqsa University entrance.

Despite claims by Israel that western Khan Younis is a “humanitarian zone,” displaced residents report relentless bombing day and night.

Naval forces bombarded fishing boats near Al-Qarara, and Israeli tanks fired at central and southern parts of Khan Younis. Israeli forces also reportedly demolished residential buildings in the city’s east.

In Rafah, southern Gaza, three people were killed en route to an aid center. Two unidentified bodies were later retrieved from the same area. Hospitals in Gaza are overwhelmed, with a surge of starving civilians arriving in critical condition.

The Resistance Committees in Gaza declared famine has reached its peak due to what they described as Netanyahu’s starvation war. They called on the international community to immediately intervene, warning that people are “dropping dead in the streets between bombs and hunger.”

Meanwhile, resistance operations continued. The Al-Quds Brigades released footage of fighters destroying an Israeli military vehicle in eastern Al-Tuffah, and rocket alerts sounded in Israeli towns near Gaza following retaliatory launches.