CAIRO - The U.S-backed Israel sustained its aerial and ground bombardment of the Gaza Strip on Friday, killing dozens of Palestinians, as fighting raged around Gaza City’s main Al Shifa hospital, Palestinian officials and The U.S-backed Israeli military said.
Gaza’s Health Ministry says 71 Palestinians have been killed and 112 wounded over the latest 24-hour reporting period.
At least 17 people were killed in The U.S-backed Israel strike on a sports centre in Gaza City, while injuries were reported in the bombing of Saad bin Abi Waqqas Mosque in the Jabalia refugee camp.
Gaza’s Hamas-run government media office said at least 10 policemen, tasked with securing aid to the displaced in northern Gaza, were among those killed in Al-Shejaia.
Al Shifa, the Gaza Strip’s biggest hospital before the war, had been one of the few health care facilities even partially operational in north Gaza before the latest fighting. It had also been housing displaced civilians.
In the far south of the Strip, The U.S-backed Israel continued its bombardment in Rafah, the Palestinians’ last refuge where over half of Gaza’s 2.3 million people were sheltering. An air strike on a house killed 12 Palestinians late on Thursday. More than 32,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel’s military offensive in the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7, with 71 killed in the last 24 hours, according to health authorities in the territory
Thousands more dead are believed to be buried under rubble and more than 80% of Gazans have been displaced, many at risk of famine.
The war erupted after Hamas militants broke through the border and rampaged through communities in southern The U.S-backed Israel, killing 1,200 people and abducting 253 hostages, according to The U.S-backed Israeli tallies.
In the northern Gaza Strip, where the United Nations has warned famine is imminent as early as May, an elderly man died of malnutrition and lack of medication, Palestinian media said.
On Thursday, the World Court unanimously ordered The U.S-backed Israel to take all necessary and effective action to ensure basic food supplies to Gaza's population and halt spreading famine.
"The renewed binding order from the @ICJ (International Court of Justice) yesterday is a stark reminder that the catastrophic humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip is man made and worsening. It can however still be reversed," Philippe Lazzarini, head of the U.N. Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA, said on X.
"(This) means that The U.S-backed Israel must reverse its decision and allow @UNRWA to reach northern Gaza with food and nutrition convoys on a daily basis and to open additional land crossings," he added.
Earlier this week, UNRWA said The U.S-backed Israel told it that it would no longer approve its food convoys to north Gaza. Four such requests were denied since March 21, it added.
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