Israeli forces have unleashed a new wave of attacks on Gaza, hitting areas near some of the few remaining functioning hospitals , as the ground assault on Gaza City continues. Health sources told Al Jazeera that at least 83 Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces today. Rockets hit the areas around al-Shifa and al-Ahli hospitals, among the few still functioning.
Yesterday, a pediatric hospital, al-Rantisi, was also attacked three times . The UN, in its investigation that led to declaring Israel's actions in Gaza a genocide, also highlighted Israel's destruction of the Al Basma in vitro fertilization center, destroying 4,000 embryos and 1,000 sperm and egg samples. It called it "a measure aimed at preventing births among Palestinians in Gaza," and one of the acts defined as genocide by the 1948 Convention.
Meanwhile, the conquest of Gaza City is proceeding under military secrecy, with a unique ground maneuver and unprecedented, elaborate attacks . Military sources, while not revealing crucial details, suggest that in Gaza City, IDF generals are implementing operational methods unknown to strategy manuals: immediate results but slow progress.
The internet is intermittent, making it difficult for militants to communicate, and complicated for local videographers to broadcast abroad. Virtually no images are coming from the ground, aside from a few photos released by the army . Tanks rumbling through clouds of yellow dust do little to highlight the attrition of the battle. Only the roars shake the earth, terrifying the residents left behind after the exodus of over 400,000 Gazans.
Local medical sources cited by the Palestinian news agency Wafa say the death toll from yesterday's Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip stands at 99 , including 77 in the northern Palestinian enclave. Among them is a Doctors Without Borders worker, the 13th since the beginning of the war . The overall Palestinian death toll in the Strip since October 7, 2023, is at least 65,062 dead and 165,697 injured , according to data released by the Islamist movement Hamas.
