Jerusalem – Israeli troops and tanks are entering deep Gaza City On Wednesday, the second day of the ground offensive was widely condemned internationally.
Israel’s The military said that in the past few days, air force and artillery units have raided the city 150 times before ground forces advance. The strike collapsed high-rise towers in an area densely populated by tent camps, and thousands of Palestinians were sheltering. Israel Claims that these towers are in use Hamas Surveillance forces.
Hospital officials reported that an all-night strike killed at least 16 people, including women and children. Death count Gaza Since the war began on October 7, 2023, Palestinians have reached nearly 65,000 Hamas– Leadership Attack IsraelAccording to health officials in the enclave.
Meanwhile, Palestinians flowed out of the city – some took cars, some walked. Israel Open in another corridor to the south Gaza City Two days from Wednesday to allow more people to evacuate.
Overnight, more than half of Palestinians were killed during Israeli strikes Gaza CityAccording to Shifa Hospital officials, including a child and his mother died in an apartment in the Shati refugee camp, who suffered casualties.
In the center GazaThe Al-Awda Hospital said an Israeli strike attacked a house in the city of Nuseirat refugee camp, killing three, including one pregnant woman. Officials at Nasser Hospital said that when the body was taken to the body, two parents and their children attacked their tents in the Muwasi area west of Khan City.
Meanwhile, Gaza’s Ministry of Health said multiple Israeli strikes Gaza City On Tuesday night. It posted images on Facebook showing damaged roofs, water tanks and rubble on hospital corridors.
This department is Hamas– Operations government said the strike forced half of about 80 patients to escape the facility. The ministry said about 40 patients, including four intensive care and eight premature children, remained in the hospital with 30 medical staff.
The Israeli military did say it was studying the strike, but it had been accused in the past Hamas Build military infrastructure in civilian areas.
Avicay Adraee, an Arabic spokesman for the military, wrote on social media that a new route has been open for people heading south for two days starting at noon Wednesday.
But many Palestinians in the north have been cut off from the outside world. Israel strikes online in the main network in the north, Palestinian telecommunications regulator headquartered in the occupied West Bank says Gaza Internet and telephone services crashed Wednesday morning. The Associated Press attempted to fail to reach many people Gaza City.
An estimated 1 million Palestinians live in Gaza City Warning to begin the area before the evacuation began Before the attack, the Israeli military estimated 350,000 people left the city. The UN estimates that 1 million of more than 238,000 Palestinians believe to live in the northern part of the city Gaza In the past month. There are still thousands of people left behind.
The alliance of leading aid team urged the international community to take stronger measures to stop Israel’s attack Gaza City. A day after the day found by the UN Committee of Experts Israel Genocide was committed in the Palestinian enclave. Israel Denied the allegations.
“We are Gaza Not only is it an unprecedented humanitarian disaster, but the UN Commission of Inquiry has now concluded that it is genocide. “States must use all available political, economic and legal tools to intervene in the process,” the statement from the aid group said. Rhetoric and half of the measures are not enough. This moment requires decisive action. ”
The news was signed by leaders of more than 20 aid organizations Gazaincluding the Norwegian Refugee Commission, Anera and Save the Children.
Also on Wednesday, the Qatar Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement saying they “condemn in the strongest way” Israel’s Ground attack Gaza. The ministry wrote on X that the operation marked an “extension of the war of genocide” against the Palestinians.
Qatar angered five people during Israeli strike last week Hamas Members and local security officials.
Israeli military graphics suggest that its forces want to control all Gaza Strip, except for a large chunk along the coast at the end of the current operation.
Israeli troops have carried out multiple large-scale raids Gaza City During the war, large-scale displacement and huge damage were caused, and only the radicals were seen reborn later. this time, Israel Experts say it is the control of the entire city, it is the experience of the entire city.
Israeli military officials agree with military guidelines on the condition of anonymity, saying on Tuesday they believe there are 2,000 to 3,000 Hamas The militants stay inside Gaza Cityand the tunnel used by the group. HamasMilitary capabilities have been greatly reduced. Now, it mainly conducts guerrilla-style attacks, with a small group of combatants sowing explosives or attacking military posts before melting.
According to Gaza The Ministry of Health did not say how many civilians or combatants were. The ministry is composed of medical professionals, and he said women and children make up half of the dead. The United Nations and many independent experts regard their figures as reliable estimates.
war Gaza At the beginning HamasLeader radicals rushed into the south Israel On October 7, 2023, about 1,200 people, most of them civilians, and 251 people were kidnapped. Forty-eight hostages, less than half of them are alive, staying Gaza.
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Madi reported on Cairo.
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The story has been corrected to show that the Israeli Army spokesman said the military is opening an additional corridor for two days instead of two hours.
