70 dead in Gaza as Israel ‘destroys’ Kamal Adwan hospital

Israel killed at least 70 Palestinians in the 24 hours between Monday and Tuesday. renewed deadly airstrikes on residential buildings and tents housing displaced persons throughout the Gaza Strip.

At least 25 people were killed in an airstrike on the al-Masry family home Beit Lahia in the north of the Gaza Strip according to the Palestinian in the early hours of Tuesday morning WAFA news agency.

The victims included 13 children, medical sources said, while more people were trapped under the rubble.

Israel has imposed an intensified siege on northern Gaza since October and carried out indiscriminate airstrikes on residential areas there, in what probably an attempt to kill or forcibly expel the other residents there.

More than 1,800 people have been killed in northern Gaza since October, while the total death toll from more than a year of Israeli war against Gaza is at least 43,374, with 102,261 injured.

Israeli aircraft dropped leaflets over Beit Lahia ordering residents who have not yet left their homes and shelters for displaced families to leave the city completely.

“To all those left in homes and shelters: you are risking your lives. For your safety, you must go south,” said the leaflet, which was written in Arabic.

The Palestinians said the orders were aimed at clearing two towns in northern Gaza and a refugee camp to create buffer zones.

Gaza’s civil defense said on Tuesday that the northern strip was “facing a real famine” as Israeli forces blocked aid to the area.

On Monday, Israel has formally notified the UN that it would terminate UNRWAthe main agency providing aid to the Palestinians, from the Gaza Strip, the West Bank and Israel.

Four other people were killed in the Tuffah area of ​​Gaza City Al Jazeerawhile at least six Palestinians were killed when Israeli forces bombed their tents in the town of Al-Zawayda near the city of Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip.

Among the victims in Al-Zawayda were two children aged six and four. A mother of one murdered person said yes burned alive due to the attack while sleeping.

Israel ‘destroys’ the last functioning hospital

On Monday, Gaza’s health ministry said Israel had “bombed and destroyed.” Beit Lahia’s Kamal Adwan Hospitalthe only medical facility operating in northern Gaza says Israeli strikes have caused “numerous injuries among medical staff and patients.”

Houssam Abou Safia, the hospital’s director, said the situation in Kamal Adwan was “catastrophic”, with Israeli forces bombing it without any warning, while WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said six children were injured by Israeli bombing.

“The third floor of the facility was reportedly hit again, injuring six children,” he said in a post on X.

Medical staff at the hospital said newborn babies were injured in the bombings Al Jazeera.

100 patients have to be evacuated

The WHO also said that 100 patients, including children suffering from trauma injuries and chronic diseases, will be evacuated from Gaza on Wednesday in a rare move.

“These are ad hoc measures. What we have repeatedly called for is a sustained medevac (medical evacuation) outside Gaza,” said Rik Peeperkorn, WHO representative for the occupied Palestinian territories, adding that 12,000 people were awaiting transfers.

The patients will travel in a large convoy through the Karam Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) border crossing with Israel on Wednesday before flying to the United Arab Emirates, he added, and then some will travel to Romania.

Agencies contributed to this report.