At least 14 people were killed, “mostly women and children,” in two bombings carried out by Israel on Wednesday against two residences in Gaza City and Jabalia al-Balad, in the north of the Strip, according to the Civil Defense of the enclave, which also reported “several injuries.”
The spokesman for the Gaza Civil Defense, Mahmoud Saber Basal, confirmed on Telegram the attack in Jabalia, in which he reported 10 deaths, and indicated that “his teams were heading to the Israeli objective of a house belonging to the ‘Al-‘ family. Najjar’”, in that place.
Additionally, The Al Mayadeen media reported “several injuries” and four deaths after the attack by Israeli planes against a house “near the Al-Tabaeen school”, in the Al-Daraj neighborhood, in the center of Gaza City. Information later corroborated by the Civil Defense spokesperson.
According to Saber Basal, the total number of victims in the attacks in the two territories includes “5 children and 3 women (…) and others are still missing under the rubble.”
Gaza reports 45,097 deaths since the start of the war
While, The Ministry of Health of the Gaza Strip, a Palestinian territory governed by Hamas, reported this Wednesday a new toll of 45,097 deaths since the start of the war with Israel. more than a year ago.
At least 38 people died and another 203 were injured in the last 24 hours, the ministry said in a statement.
The same source indicated that 107,244 people have been injured in Gaza since the beginning of the conflict.triggered by the terrorist attack carried out by the Islamist movement on October 7, 2023.
The Civil Defense also published a video on Telegram showing the operations of its officials for the recovery and rescue of the victims in Jabalia in which, according to what they reported, so far they have recovered about seven bodies.
Israel increases pressure for hostages
The north of the Strip is one of the towns most devastated by the new Israeli offensive that began at the beginning of October and It has already claimed the lives of more than 3,000 people, according to authorities in the Palestinian enclave.
The Israeli Army said Wednesday that it is putting pressure on Hamas to bring it to a point of “maximum distress” in order to recover the abductees that remain in its power in Gaza.
“We are putting pressure on Hamas on a daily basis, driving it into a situation of greater distress to ensure the return of the 100 hostages, hopefully alive. For those who are not, our goal is to provide them with a proper burial in Israel,” Israeli Army Chief Herzi Halevi said in a statement.
The attacks this day in the north of the enclave add to those suffered by the Kamal Aldwan hospital in Beit Lahia, one of the few operational centers in the area, which left the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) out of service last night.
Both the government of Israel and Hamas have indicated that the signing of a ceasefire agreement that would allow the release of the hostages is closer than ever.
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