THE Israeli military has killed several dozen Palestinians across the Gaza Strip in a string of attacks as it allowed a small amount of aid into the northern part of the enclave, the first after over a month of intensified siege.
Medics quoted by the Palestinian Wafa news agency said Friday evening that at least 40 people were killed across Gaza since dawn, including 24 in the north.
At least six Palestinians were killed in the targeting of the Fahd al-Sabah school sheltering displaced people in the Tuffah neighbourhood on Saturday, according to the Al Jazeera team on the ground in Deir el-Balah.
Two local journalists, a pregnant woman and a child, were among the dead. The Israeli military used a common justification by saying it targeted “terrorists” but did not provide evidence or details.
Five more were killed in the Shujayea neighbourhood of Gaza City, while Israeli sniper fire killed at least one person in the Zeitoun neighbourhood.
The death toll from the Israeli bombing of tents for displaced people in the so-called “humanitarian area” of al-Mawasi in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis reached at least nine. A child and two women were among the dead, according to the Nasser Hospital, which received the casualties.
An Israeli air raid that used an attack helicopter targeted the courtyard of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, the main healthcare facility in central Gaza. It was the eighth Israeli attack on the compound since March.
Al Jazeera’s Maram Humaid, who is on the ground, reported that at least three people were killed and 26 were wounded. The assault took place just 20 metres (65 feet) from Al Jazeera’s tent in the area.
On the 400th day of the war on Saturday, the Gaza Ministry of Health announced that at least 43,552 Palestinians have been killed and 102,765 injured.
The actual number of dead is presumed to be far higher, with an estimated 10,000 bodies buried under the vast rubble of destroyed buildings across the enclave.
