Israeli military attacks across the Gaza Strip martyr at least 120 Palestinians
GAZA, Nov 24 (SABAH): Israeli military attacks across the Gaza Strip have martyred at least 120 Palestinians and hit a hospital on the northern edge of the enclave, wounding medical staff and damaging equipment, Palestinian medics said.
Among the dead were seven members of one family whose house was hit overnight in the Zeitoun suburb of Gaza City, the health officials said. The rest were martyred in separate Israeli strikes in central and southern Gaza.
At the same time, Israeli forces deepened their incursion and bombardment of the northern edge of the enclave, their main offensive since early last month.
A spokesperson for Hamas said a female Israeli prisoner in the group’s custody had been killed in a northern area under attack by Israeli forces.
“The life of another female prisoner who used to be with her remains in imminent danger,” spokesperson Abu Ubaida added, blaming the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
An Israeli military spokesperson said it was investigating the Hamas report.
Local residents say they fear the Israeli goal is to permanently depopulate a strip of territory as a buffer zone, something Israel denies.
At Kamal Adwan Hospital, one of three medical facilities on the northern edge of Gaza that is barely operational, director Hussam Abu Safiya said the ongoing Israeli bombardment in the area appeared aimed at forcing hospital staff to evacuate — something they have refused to do since the incursion began.
The 13-month attacks by Israeli forces in Gaza martyred more than 44,000 people and displaced nearly all the enclave’s population at least once, according to Gaza officials.