GAZA, (PIC)
The death toll in an Israeli airstrike on the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip has risen to 40, the Palestinian Civil Defense (PCD) said on Friday.
The PCD affirmed that its crews were able to retrieve more than 7 martyrs since the early morning hours, most of them children, which raised the death toll to 40 victims with more than 80 others injured and missing.
Earlier Thursday, the PCD said that the Israeli army carried out a horrific massacre targeting a residential block belonging to the Sheikh Ali family, housing dozens of civilians, including women, children, and elderly individuals.
“The targeted area was made up of multiple apartment buildings densely populated with displaced individuals who had already fled their homes due to prior bombings,” it added.
In October 2023, Israel launched a genocidal war on the Gaza Strip that has so far killed more than 44,800 people, mostly women and children.
During its 14-month-old ongoing war on Gaza, Israel’s repeated attacks on civilian buildings and facilities – mosques and churches, residences, hospitals, and others – have drawn international condemnation and been identified as likely war crimes.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) in November issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former army chief Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.
Israel also faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its war on Gaza.
