More than 30 killed in Israeli airstrikes across Gaza as hospital strikes again | Israel-Palestine Conflicts News

The Israeli army raided the Gaza Strip, killing dozens of people, especially in the north, and attacked the last non-functioning hospital in the area.

At least 33 people were killed during the airstrikes in the surrounding area, including 20 in the northern city of Beit Lahiya, four in Gaza City, six in the central areas and three in the south of Khan Younis, Al Jazeera Arabic sources and Wafa news agency reported late. On Monday.

Eid Sabbah, director of nursing at the Kamal Adwan hospital in the northern region of Palestine, said that Israeli jets and quad-copter drones hit the children’s ward of the center, injuring health workers and patients.

“The upper floors were damaged and some of the children and newborns were injured,” Sabbah told Al Jazeera by phone.

“Journalists, nurses and other medical workers were also injured,” he said, adding that this was the second day the hospital came under Israeli fire.

Last week, Israeli forces stormed the Kamal Adwan Hospital and arrested dozens of people, including almost all of its medical staff. That left the center with four doctors and 50 volunteers, medics and nurses.

The towns of Beit Lahiya, where the hospital is located, Jabalia and Beit Hanoon have seen waves of attacks over the past month as the Israeli army has intensified its air and ground operations in the north.

Despite several evacuation orders enforced by Israel, tens of thousands of civilians remain in the north.

Many of them told Al Jazeera that they are afraid to leave the area because of the risk of being hit by Israeli attackers, the risk of being attacked in areas designated by Israel as “safe zones” where Israel repeatedly hits them or not being allowed to return. in their homes.

The Israeli military says its aim is to prevent the regrouping of Hamas fighters. But despite increasing its attacks, it has besieged several areas in the north, continuing to choke off the already scarce aid that has been allowed in.

In October, Israel allowed a daily average of 30 aid trucks to enter Gaza, 6 percent of the goods allowed to enter the Strip before the war, according to Philippe Lazzarini, head of the United Nations refugee agency for Palestine (UNRWA).

Israel has officially notified the UN that it is terminating its agreement with UNRWA, complaining that some of its workers were Hamas fighters who took part in the October 7, 2023 attack in southern Israel. The center said Israel’s decision would lead to a “collapse” of aid to Gaza. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said UN lawyers are reviewing the move.

In mid-October, the United States issued an unusual warning telling Israel to take specific steps to improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza within 30 days or risk seeing military aid blocked.

As of Monday, the results were not good enough, US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller told reporters.

“They don’t have passports … They failed to do all the things we recommended,” Miller added, but declined to say what consequences Israel would face if it failed to comply with the requests.

The US is Israel’s largest arms supplier. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken also spoke to Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant by phone urging him to “drastically increase and support humanitarian aid – including food, medicine, and other essential items – to civilians throughout Gaza”.

Israel’s war in Gaza has killed at least 43,374 Palestinians and injured 102,261 since October 7, 2023. An estimated 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the attack led by Hamas that day and more than 200 were captured.