GAZA, (PIC)
The Israeli occupation forces continued their genocidal war against the Gaza Strip, having resumed full-scale aggression 46 days ago, and 574 days since the onset of the assault, following Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s violation of the ceasefire agreement.
This escalation has been fueled by unwavering political and military support from the United States, amidst unprecedented international silence and abandonment.
The PIC reported that Israeli forces have carried out dozens of airstrikes. At the same time, the ongoing blockade on essential food supplies since early March has painted an increasingly dire picture of famine for Gaza’s besieged population.
Latest developments
Since the early hours of Friday, at least 17 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli airstrikes across various parts of Gaza.
This morning, brothers Ahmed and Ali Musleh Al-Najjar were killed in an Israeli strike near the College of Science and Technology in Qizan Al-Najjar, south of Khan Yunis.
Also this morning, a drone strike killed the child Rashid Mohammed Rashid Al-Najjar in the same area.
Our correspondent reported that Israeli aircraft launched several strikes on residential homes in the Al-Manara neighborhood of Khan Yunis.
Five-year-old Murad Alaa Abu Mughassib succumbed to his wounds after being injured in an Israeli strike on a displacement tent in Deir al-Balah yesterday.
Mohammed Ahmed Abu Ghali from Rafah also died of injuries sustained in a previous Israeli attack on the Mawasi area of Khan Yunis.
This morning, Mohammed Suleiman Mustafa Al-Najjar died from wounds sustained days earlier when Israeli strikes targeted his family’s home in Qizan Al-Najjar, joining his mother, Kholoud, and his brother, Assef, who were also killed.
Israeli forces also demolished residential buildings in Rafah this morning.
Israeli artillery bombarded the northern outskirts of Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza.
Airstrikes targeted the town of Abasan al-Kabira east of Khan Yunis and Qizan Abu Rashwan south of the city.
Nine Palestinians, including two women, were killed in a pre-dawn Israeli airstrike on the Abu Zeina family home in the Al-Bureij refugee camp, central Gaza.
An Israeli airstrike also hit farmland west of Beit Lahia in the north.
Israeli warplanes re-bombed the Madi family home in Qizan Al-Najjar, south of Khan Yunis.
Three civilians (a man, a woman, and an infant) were wounded when an Israeli helicopter struck an apartment in the Sheikh Nasser neighborhood, eastern Khan Yunis.
Israeli jets carried out two additional strikes in Rafah at dawn.
Two members of the Hammouda family were killed following a strike on their home in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood of Gaza City.
The grim toll
According to the Ministry of Health in Gaza, the death toll from the Israeli genocide since 7 October 2023 has risen to 52,418 martyrs while 118,091 others were wounded as of 1 May 2025.
Since Israel resumed its genocidal campaign on 18 March 2025, 2,326 Palestinians have been killed and 6,050 wounded, bringing the total number of victims over the past 18 months to 170,509 dead and injured.
Many victims remain trapped beneath the rubble of destroyed buildings and on the streets, inaccessible to rescue and civil defense teams.
In early March, the first phase of a ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement between Hamas and Israel, mediated by Egypt and Qatar with US support, had concluded. Despite Hamas’s full compliance with the agreement, Israel reneged on the ceasefire on 18 March and resumed its genocidal war on Gaza.
