At least 39 people were killed by Israeli strikes across northern Gaza on Saturday, according to Palestinian and hospital officials. Fadel Naem, director of the al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City, told The Associated Press that more than three dozen bodies arrived at the hospital. The Palestinian Civil Defense, an emergency group active in Gaza, said it pulled approximately the same number of bodies from a building hit by an Israeli strike in an eastern neighborhood of Gaza City.
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- Death Toll from Israeli Strikes: At least 39 people were killed in Israeli strikes across northern Gaza on Saturday, according to Palestinian and hospital officials.
- Hospital Report: Fadel Naem, director of al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City, confirmed more than three dozen bodies were brought to the hospital.
- Emergency Response: The Palestinian Civil Defense reported pulling about the same number of bodies from a building hit in an eastern Gaza City neighborhood.
- Search for Survivors: Emergency workers were digging for survivors at another strike site in Shati refugee camp, west of Gaza City.
- Israeli Military Action: Israel’s military stated that its fighter jets struck two Hamas military sites in the Gaza City area.
- Previous Day’s Casualties: The latest deaths follow at least 25 people killed and 50 wounded in strikes near the southern city of Rafah on Friday.
- Strike in Lebanon: An Israeli strike in Lebanon’s eastern Bekaa Valley killed a member of the military wing of al-Jamaa al-Islamiya, a Sunni Muslim faction allied with Hamas.
- Total Casualties in Gaza: Since the war began on Oct. 7, over 37,400 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.
- West Bank Violence: An Israeli man was fatally shot in Qalqilya, and Israeli forces killed two militants in the same town on Friday.
- West Bank Death Toll: At least 549 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli fire in the West Bank since the war started, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.
- Israeli Casualties in the West Bank: Palestinians in the West Bank have killed at least nine Israelis, including five soldiers, since the war began.
- Incident Investigation: Israel is investigating a video showing an injured Palestinian being transported on the hood of an Israeli armored car. The army said this conduct did not conform to its values.
The Associated Press has the story:
Israeli strikes kill at least 39 Palestinians across N. Gaza, officials say
Newslooks- DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) —
At least 39 people were killed by Israeli strikes across northern Gaza on Saturday, according to Palestinian and hospital officials. Fadel Naem, director of the al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City, told The Associated Press that more than three dozen bodies arrived at the hospital. The Palestinian Civil Defense, an emergency group active in Gaza, said it pulled approximately the same number of bodies from a building hit by an Israeli strike in an eastern neighborhood of Gaza City.
The group said its emergency workers were also digging for survivors at the site of another strike in Shati refugee camp, west of Gaza City.
Israel said Saturday that its fighter jets struck two Hamas military sites in the Gaza City area but did not elaborate further.
The deaths come a day after at least 25 people were killed in strikes on tent camps and 50 wounded near the southern city of Rafah.
A separate Israeli strike Saturday in Lebanon’s eastern Bekaa Valley killed a member of the military wing of al-Jamaa al-Islamiya, or the Islamic Group, a Sunni Muslim faction closely allied with Hamas, according to the group. The member was the seventh killed by Israeli strikes in Lebanon since the war began.
The Israel-Hamas war erupted on Oct. 7. when Hamas militants who stormed southern Israel killed about 1,200 people and took some 250 others hostage. Israel has responded by bombarding and invading the enclave, killing more than 37, 400 Palestinians there according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, which does not distinguish between combatants and civilians in its count.
Also Saturday, Israel’s army said an Israeli man was fatally shot in the northern West Bank town of Qalqilya, where Israeli forces fatally shot two militants Friday, the latest flare of violence in the territory since the Israel-Hamas war erupted.
Since the war’s start, at least 549 Palestinians in the territory have been killed by Israeli fire, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry, which tracks the killings. Over the same period, Palestinians in the West Bank have killed at least nine Israelis, including five soldiers, according to U.N. data.
Israeli nationals are prohibited from entering Qalqilya and other areas of the West Bank that fall under the under the control of the Palestinian Authority.
In April, the death of a 14-year-old Israeli settler sparked a series of settler attacks on Palestinian towns in the territory. The army said a Palestinian was later arrested in connection with the killing.
In 2014, the abduction and killing of three Israeli teens in the West Bank escalated tensions and eventually ignited a 50-day Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, at the time the deadliest round of fighting between the two sides.
Over recent years, the Palestinian Authority’s influence in the northern West Bank has waned as militant groups have grown increasingly powerful.
Also Saturday, the Palestinian Health Ministry said a 12-year-old Palestinian boy died from his wounds after being shot by Israeli forces in Ramallah last week. Commenting on the shooting, the Israeli army said its forces raided al-Amari refugee camp near Ramallah to arrest a suspect Friday and then opened fire on a group of Palestinians who were pelting them with stones.
Israel said Saturday that it was investigating a separate incident into conduct of its soldiers after a video surfaced online showing an injured Palestinian being transported on the hood of an Israeli armored car in the northern West Bank. The army said the man in the video was a wanted suspect and injured during an exchange of fire between Palestinian militants and Israeli forces near the city of Jenin. The man was being transported to a Red Crescent ambulance situated nearby, it said. The army said the conduct in the video didn’t “conform to the values” of the army.
Israel captured the West Bank, along with the Gaza Strip and east Jerusalem, in the 1967 Mideast war. The Palestinians seek those territories as part of their hoped-for independent state.
