The warfare has upped its ante wherein the Gaza health ministry, which Hamas runs, has stated that 141 Palestinians have been killed in a string of lethal Israeli airstrikes since Saturday. The attacks have also caused the injury of about 400 people, as stated by the ministry in its latest update.
One of the biggest tragedies was struck in the al-Mawasi area near Khan Younis when an airstrike targeted a humanitarian zone. There was no real certainty that it successfully targeted a key figure in the Hamas organization, namely Mohammed Deif, whom Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said had been killed.
A resident of al-Mawasi said men purportedly tried to storm the compound, and the situation resembled an “earthquake” as charred debris and injured people were evacuated to area hospitals. More information about the event has emerged from the aftermath, which was independently established that the strike happened in a shadowed humanitarian zone by the IDF.
Making its own official report, Gaza’s civil defense, affiliated with Hamas, stated that 17 people were killed in the second Israeli airstrike on Saturday when a prayer hall in the Shati refugee camp, which is located west of Gaza City, was targeted. The Israeli military has remained tight-lipped on this claim as well.
The ministers, too, have claimed that the recent attacks were a ‘grave escalation’ and pointed to Israel as being that is not keen on a cease-fire. Ceasefire negotiations in Qatar and Egypt concluded last Friday, BBC reported, but none was reached this time.
The latter has also increased due to the continuous airstrikes on key leaders’ SSL-Hamas targets like Mohammed Deif, who has evaded capture for years. Deif, who is the commander of the Al Qassam Brigades, the Hamas’ military wing, is considered a terror leader of heroic status in the Gaza Strip due to his escapes from capture by Israeli forces and the several attempts that have been made on his life.
Since the conflict escalated, devastating impacts on the humanitarian situation have been observed in Gaza, and hospitals have become overcrowded with people who need help. Medical Aid for Palestinians has noted that the Nasser medical complex in Khan Younis is now “overburdened” and cannot provide proper services.
The rise in ferocity, despite the fact that a knockout blow has become hard to achieve, has consequently placed doubt around the future of the region as the acts of retribution and suffering continue endlessly.
