Israel’s war on Gaza : 40 killed in multiple Israeli attacks

Moath al-Kahlout, our correspondent on the ground in northern Gaza, says at least 40 people have been killed by Israeli attacks in the last few hours.

The attacks include targeting people filling up their water containers as well as missile strike on houses.

We will continue to bring you all the latest on these attacks as soon as we can.

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Let’s get you up to speed on the latest developments:

• Dozens of people, including women and children, have been killed by Israeli attacks concentrated in Jabalia, where intense battles are taking place.
• At least 14 Palestinians were killed by an air strike near Kamal Adwan Hospital, with searches continuing for those trapped under the rubble.
• While pressing on with its Rafah offensive, the Israeli military fired a drone at a car leaving the city, killing at least one person and injuring others.
• About 90 truckloads of aid have entered Gaza via a US-built floating pier in western Gaza City, reports Al Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud.
• While the pier is providing some relief, aid groups say it is no replacement for Gaza’s land crossings, which are far more effective.
• Israeli forces arrested 20 Palestinians in a round of familiar overnight raids across the occupied West Bank, bringing the total number of arrests there since October 7 to 8,750.

• Women and children among victims of attack near Kamal Adwan Hospital

• We are witnessing one of the most rapid mass killings of civilians across the Gaza Strip since the initial weeks of this war.We just got a confirmed report that the number of people killed at the vicinity of Kamal Adwan Hospital has risen to 14. This includes women and children who were in that residential block across the road from one of the gates of the hospital.A witness described a massive explosion that took place after multiple air strikes targeted the residential block. In addition to those killed, there are multiple injured. They have all been transferred inside the hospital, which severely lacks medical supplies and basic necessities.

• Footage shows destruction caused by Israeli attacks on Jabalia

  Footage shared online, and verified by Al Jazeera, shows the destruction of a number of houses by Israeli shelling in Jabalia, as residents try to search for people trapped under the rubble.

  At least 15 people were killed and many were wounded in the Israeli bombardment of a residential square around Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza this morning.

  “An entire residential block was bombed by Israel,” said one resident. “We pulled children out of the rubble. There are many families who are still under the rubble. Most of them were inside their homes, and they have displaced people.”

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  Eight Palestinians including children killed while fetching water

  At least eight people, including women and children, have been reported killed and 10 were wounded after Israeli artillery shelling targeted a group of Palestinians filling water containers in the al-Faluja area, west of Jabalia camp, in northern Gaza today.

  “We were displaced to the Faluja area, which is considered a safe area, and suddenly this place was shelled by the Israelis. We do not know where to go,” a witness said.

  Video footage shared online and verified by Al Jazeera showed how the attack turned the area into a pool of blood, as well as the impact of shrapnel on shops and homes at the site of the bombing.

  Reliance on floating pier a sign of failed US diplomacy

  This floating pier is really about the lack of options that the Americans have when it comes to putting pressure on Israel.

  It is the most visible example of the failure of US diplomacy when it comes to Israel and humanitarian aid.

  Before October 7, trade, not aid, was comi

  ng into Gaza at about 500 to 600 trucks per day. We’re not getting anywhere close to that.

  This floating pier might be able to get something like 90.

  As the Americans admitted, it isn’t enough, but it’s the only thing they can do. The aid agencies have put their hands up, saying there are several land crossings we can get aid into Gaza very easily. The Israelis simply don’t want that to happen.