A Hamas police officer hit
Dozens dead after Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip
May 19, 2024, 2:12 p.m
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After Israeli attacks, several cities in the Gaza Strip report numerous deaths and injuries. There are also children among them. In the east of the Jabaliya refugee camp, Israeli fighter jets targeted “everything that moves,” according to a resident. Air strikes are also reported in Rafah.
An Israeli air strike on a residential building in the center of the Gaza Strip killed at least 20 people in the Al-Nuseirat refugee camp, including eight women and four children. This emerges from documents from the Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah, further south. They received 20 bodies and there were “several injured” after the attack, the hospital said.
The Palestinian news agency Wafa reported that several children were among the injured. Emergency services continue to search for missing people in the rubble. According to eyewitnesses, the attack occurred around 3:00 a.m. local time. The Israeli army said it was checking the information. The Al-Nuseirat refugee camp dates back to the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
Last month, the Israeli army deployed to the Al-Nuseirat camp for a week and then withdrew. Residents reported enormous destruction. Since the Israeli army moved into the southern city of Rafah at the beginning of May, heavy fighting and heavy Israeli bombing have been reported from Al-Nuseirat.
IDF: Senior Hamas police officer hit in Deir al-Balah
Another targeted attack killed five people, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent emergency service. According to Al-Aqsa Hospital, a senior Hamas-controlled police officer and another man were killed. Hamas circles said their vehicle was hit in Deir al-Balah. There was talk of the head of the investigation department of the Hamas police. The Israeli army did not immediately comment on this report.
She repeatedly speaks of operations against terrorists and terrorist infrastructure in various parts of the Gaza Strip. Since the Gaza war began more than seven months ago, the Israeli army has repeatedly reported killing members of the Islamist terrorist organization Hamas.
North of the Gaza Strip
Palestinians reported further airstrikes and heavy fighting in the north of the Gaza Strip. The area was the scene of heavy fighting at the start of the Gaza War and was largely isolated for months. According to the UN World Food Program there is a famine there. After the withdrawal of Israeli ground troops, the militant Islamist Hamas partially regrouped there in recent weeks.
Civil Defense said the attacks hit several homes near Kamal Adwan Hospital in the northern city of Beit Lahija. At least ten people were killed. In the nearby Jabaliya refugee camp, residents reported heavy artillery shelling and air strikes. The entire east of the camp has become a combat zone, with Israeli fighter jets targeting “everything that moves,” said a 48-year-old resident.
Since the Israeli operation began in Jabaliya a few days ago, emergency services have recovered at least 150 bodies, said Mahmoud Bassal, a civil defense spokesman. More than half of the dead are women and children. Around 300 residential buildings were completely destroyed. Clashes between Palestinian militants and Israeli soldiers recently occurred there.
Air strikes in Rafah
Eyewitnesses reported further air strikes on houses in the Gaza Strip. Parts of the city of Rafah were also hit by air strikes and artillery fire on Sunday night.
The war was triggered by the massacre with more than 1,200 deaths that terrorists from Hamas and other groups carried out in Israel on October 7th. According to the health authority, 35,386 Palestinians have been killed in the ensuing war so far, the number, which is difficult to verify independently, does not distinguish between civilians and fighters.