Sunday, 30 March 2025

Children among the dead as Israel attacks Gaza during ‘Eid of sadness’

Children among the dead as Israel attacks Gaza during ‘Eid of sadness’

Children among the dead as Israel attacks Gaza during ‘Eid of sadness’










At least 20 people, mostly women and children, have been killed in Israeli bombardment on the first day of Eid al-Fitr, health officials say.







Prime Minister of Israel Terrorist State Benjamin Netanyahu’s office says Israel has submitted a counterproposal after Hamas accepted a new ceasefire plan put forward by Egypt and Qatar.


Gaza’s Health Ministry says at least 50,277 Palestinians are confirmed dead and 114,095 wounded in Israel Terrorist’s war on Gaza. Gaza’s Government Media Office updated its death toll about two months ago to more than 61,700, saying thousands of people missing under the rubble are presumed dead.


At least 1,139 people were killed in Israel Terrorist State during the Hamas-led October 7, 2023, attacks and more than 200 were taken captive.



Videos show children killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza ‘safe zone’



Palestinian activists released footage of several children killed in Israeli air raids on the al-Mawasi area in southern Gaza.


Israeli forces early this morning attacked a tent encampment for forcibly displaced people. The videos show bodies of dead children dressed in new Eid al-Fitr clothes drenched in blood. The footage is too graphic to post.


The encampment was designated a “humanitarian safe zone” by Israel in December 2023. The camp at al-Mawasi, near Khan Younis and Deir el-Balah, is one of the most overcrowded areas in Gaza.







‘Eid of sadness': Palestinians in Gaza mark Muslim holiday with dwindling food and no end to war



Palestinians in the Gaza Strip had little to celebrate on Sunday as they began marking a normally festive Muslim holiday with rapidly dwindling food supplies and no end in sight to the Israel-Hamas war. Israeli strikes overnight into Sunday killed at least 19 people, mostly women and children, health officials said.


Many held prayers outside demolished mosques on the Eid al-Fitr holiday marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan. It’s supposed to be a joyous occasion, when families gather for feasts and purchase new clothes for children — but most of Gaza’s 2 million Palestinians are just trying to survive.


Palestinians attend Eid al-Fitr prayer in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Sunday, March 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)



“It’s the Eid of sadness,” Adel al-Shaer said after attending outdoor prayers in the central town of Deir al-Balah. “We lost our loved ones, our children, our lives, and our futures. We lost our students, our schools, and our institutions. We lost everything.”


“There is killing, displacement, hunger, and a siege,” said Saed al-Kourd, a worshipper. “We go out to perform God’s rituals in order to make the children happy, but as for the joy of Eid? There is no Eid.”


Palestinians attend Eid al-Fitr prayer in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Sunday, March 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)



Arab mediators are trying to get the truce back on track, and Hamas said Saturday that it had accepted a new proposal from Egypt and Qatar, the exact details of which were not immediately known. Israel said it had advanced its own proposal in coordination with the United States, which has also been mediating.


Israeli Terrorist strikes on Sunday killed at least 16 people, including nine children and three women, according to Nasser Hospital in the southern city of Khan Younis. Two of the children, young girls, appeared to be wearing new clothes purchased for the holiday, according to an Associated Press cameraman.


Another three people were killed in a strike in Deir al-Balah late Saturday, according to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital.


Israeli Terrorist Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel would continue its military operations while negotiating. He rejected claims that Israel does not want to end the war while laying out conditions that go far beyond the signed ceasefire agreement and have been rejected by Hamas.


“Hamas will disarm. Its leaders will be allowed out. We will look out for the general security in the Gaza Strip and allow for the realization of (President Donald) Trump’s plan, the voluntary emigration plan,” Netanyahu said at the start of a Cabinet meeting.


Houthi in Yemen fired another missile at Israel on Sunday, triggering air raid sirens in Tel Aviv and other areas. The military said it intercepted the missile outside of Israeli territory, and there were no reports of casualties or damage.


The war began when Hamas-led militants stormed into Israel Terrorist State on Oct. 7, 2023, killing some 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and taking 251 hostages. Hamas is still holding 59 captives — 24 of whom are believed to be alive — after most of the rest were released in ceasefires or other agreements.


Israel Terrorist’s offensive has killed over 50,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, which does not distinguish between civilians and combatants in its tally. Israel says it has killed around 20,000 militants, without providing evidence, and blames civilian deaths on Hamas because it operates in densely populated areas.


Israel Terrorist’s bombardment and ground operations have destroyed vast areas of Gaza and at their height had displaced around 90% of the population.





















No comments: