Israeli attacks target hospitals; 33 killed in Gaza’s Jabalia camp
- At least 33 Palestinians killed and more than 80 wounded in Israeli strike on northern Gaza’s Jabalia camp, which has been under siege by Israel’s military for more than two weeks.
- Israeli forces attack al-Awda Hospital and shoot at Kamal Adwan Hospital.
Israel’s military says drone incursions ‘under review’
The Israeli military said a drone “crashed” in north-central Israel’s Caesarea area earlier this morning while a drone launched from Lebanon triggered air defence warnings when it entered airspace in the north of the country.
It added that the drone incursions were “under review”.
Earlier, Israel’s military said that a drone launched from Syria had crashed down in the northern region of the occupied Golan Heights.
The Israeli military did not say that air defences had intercepted any of the three drones which it reported overnight.
Israeli attacks target al-Awda and Kamal Adwan hospitals
Our colleagues are reporting that Israeli attacks have targeted al-Awda Hospital in the Jabalia area of northern Gaza.
Israeli forces have also now fired on the Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahiya, meaning that all three major hospitals in northern Gaza have come under attack in recent hours.
Earlier, we reported that Israeli tanks had surrounded the Indonesian Hospital, also in Beit Lahiya, and shelled the building. No casualties or injuries have been reported so far.
We will bring you more on Israel’s attacks on all three hospitals when we have it.
Escalation follows the killing of Yahya Sinwar as both Hamas and Israel maintain stances
In the 24 hours since Israel announced the killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, the impact of that news has not abated for many Palestinians and Israelis.
Some, on both sides, say the fight will continue, while others hope the conflict will end.
Al Jazeera’s Mohammed Jamjoom reports from the Jordanian capital, Amman:
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Here’s what you need to know:
- In northern Gaza, the Israeli military has laid siege to the al-Awda Hospital in Jabalia and the Indonesian Hospital in Beit Lahiya, where hospital staff say tanks have surrounded the facility and are shelling the building.
- The Israeli military has said it is “looking into” a strike by its forces on Friday night that killed at least 33 people and wounded about 80 in the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza.
- Israeli fighter jets carried out another deadly attack in Jabalia, this time killing at least four people and injuring 15 others in a bombardment of a house in the al-Tawbah area.
- The Israeli military has said a drone launched from Syria was detected – not intercepted – and crashed down in the northern region of the occupied Golan Heights.
- Protesters have stormed the offices of a Saudi television channel in Iraq’s capital Baghdad after it aired a segment referring to fighters in the region – including Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Iraqi Mobilisation Forces – as “terrorists”.
‘Decomposing and eaten by stray dogs’: Bodies in the streets of bombed, besieged Jabalia
Fares Afana, head of emergency services in northern Gaza, told Al Jazeera that ambulance crews and rescue workers are unable to retrieve the wounded and dying in Jabalia, while the bodies of the dead are lying in the streets “decomposing and eaten by stray dogs”.
“We received several emergency calls from people in the vicinity of Abu Ghazala School. However, we cannot respond to these calls as the Israeli soldiers deployed in the area are denying us access,” Afana said.
“It is confirmed that many dead bodies as well as wounded civilians are still lying in these residential homes. We had earlier appealed to the international community, namely the Red Cross, to act swiftly to at least spare the lives of those dying victims, and recover and bury the dead,” he said.
“Many of the dead are left on the streets, decomposing and eaten by stray dogs, as the [Israeli army] continue to deny paramedics access to the bombed areas,” he added.
Israeli forces also besiege Gaza’s al-Awda hospital
The Israeli military is also laying siege to the al-Awda Hospital in the Jabalia area of northern Gaza, according to the Al Mayadeen news outlet and the Quds News Network.
Earlier, we reported that Israeli tanks had surrounded the Indonesian Hospital in nearby Beit Lahiya. Israeli forces struck the second and third floors of the hospital with artillery shells, putting medical staff and patients at serious risk, according to director Dr Marwan al-Sultan.
Displaced Palestinians are sheltering in the grounds of both hospitals. No casualties or injuries have been reported so far.
We will bring you more information when we have it.
What does Yahya Sinwar’s killing mean for Hamas?
Yahya Sinwar was the face of the Palestinian armed struggle against Israel’s decades-long occupation.
The Israeli military says he was killed during a firefight with Israeli forces in southern Gaza.
Israel’s prime minister praised his killing and called it the beginning of the end of the war on Gaza.
But how will this affect the ceasefire efforts and the fate of the Israeli captives?
And what does it mean for the Palestinian resistance?
Director of Indonesian Hospital in Gaza says Israeli tanks have surrounded building
Israeli tanks have completely surrounded the Indonesian Hospital in Bait Lahiya, northern Gaza, and cut off the medical facility’s electricity supply, our Al Jazeera Arabic colleagues report, citing Dr Marwan al-Sultan.
Israeli forces have bombed the hospital, targeting the second and third floors with artillery shells, putting medical staff and patients at serious risk, according to al-Sultan.
Al Jazeera Arabic’s correspondent in Gaza also reports that Israeli forces have begun demolishing parts of the hospital.
