The health ministry in the Gaza Strip said that a total of 42 civilians were killed and 50 others suffered injuries some seriously in the horrific massacre that was committed by Israeli warplanes at dawn Sunday in al-Wehda neighborhood in Gaza City.
Deputy health minister Yousef Abul-Rish told a news conference on Sunday evening that the weapons that were used in the bombing of the neighborhood tore the children’s bodies apart and made them unrecognizable.
Abul-Rish said that two doctors Mu’ein al-Aloul and Ayman Abul-Auf were killed in the aerial attack on al-Wehda neighborhood.
He accused Israel of deliberately bombing and destroying vital facilities and sectors that are needed to provide water electricity and health services as well as roads that lead to hospitals.
The health official also accused Israel of obstructing the work of medical crews through targeting ambulances and paramedics and preventing them from reaching bombed areas to evacuate casualties.
According to the latest statistics from the health ministry in Gaza the number of Palestinians killed since the Israeli military aggression against the Gaza Strip started on May 10 has now risen to 197 martyrs including 58 children and 34 women.
More than 1235 others have also been wounded so far amid the ongoing brutal Israeli attacks on Gaza.
