Dozens Dead or Missing After Israeli Airstrikes Across Gaza

IQNA – More than 50 people have been reported dead or missing following an Israeli airstrike on a residential structure in the Jabalia al-Balad area of northern Gaza, according to the Palestinian Civil Defense.

Early Friday, Israeli drones conducted multiple strikes—hitting over five sites near the entrance to Deir al-Balah in central Gaza—Palestinian news agency Wafa reported.

As civilians attempted to aid the wounded, Israeli forces reportedly launched a second round of fire, resulting in additional injuries.

Elsewhere in Gaza City, three people, including a young girl, were killed in a separate air raid targeting an apartment near the Abdel Aal junction on al-Jalaa Street.

In Khan Yunis, southern Gaza, two children were killed and their father critically wounded after an Israeli strike hit their residence in the western refugee camp area. In another part of Khan Yunis, in the town of Abasan al-Kabira, several casualties were reported after another residential home was struck.

Additionally, a 32-year-old man died from injuries sustained in an earlier airstrike in Bani Suheila, located in the eastern part of the city. Local sources said that Israeli forces obstructed firefighting teams attempting to control the resulting blaze.

The escalation is part of an intensified Israeli onslaught in recent weeks which it claims aims to confront Hamas, but in practice, it targets civilians in Gaza.

Israel has maintained a blockade on the territory for over two months, preventing the entry of food, medicine, and essential supplies. The blockade has crippled local infrastructure and decimated the region’s capacity for food production, leaving Gaza’s roughly 2 million residents heavily dependent on international aid.

Though the Israeli regime began allowing limited humanitarian aid into Gaza this week—under international pressure—United Nations agencies warn that the volume remains drastically below what is needed. A German government spokesperson described the aid as “too little, too late.”

The Israeli aggression on Gaza since October 2023 has killed at least 53,762 Palestinians and wounded 122,197, with most of the victims being women and children.

Source: Agencies