DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (Dispatches) — Israeli strikes overnight and into Sunday killed 19 people in the Gaza Strip, mostly women and children, according to local health officials.
Two of the strikes hit tents in the southern city of Khan Younis, each killing two children and their parents, according to Nasser Hospital, which received the bodies. Another seven people were killed in strikes elsewhere, including a man and his child in a Gaza City neighborhood, according to hospitals and Gaza’s Health Ministry.
The Zionist regime has sealed Gaza off from all imports, including food, medicine and emergency shelter, for over 10 weeks. Israel resumed its onslaught in March, shattering a ceasefire that had facilitated the release of more than 30 captives.
The UN and aid groups say food and other supplies are running low and hunger is widespread.
Children carrying empty bottles raced after a water tanker in a devastated area of northern Gaza on Sunday. Residents of the built-up Shati refugee camp said the water was brought by a charity from elsewhere in Gaza. Without it, they rely on wells that are salty and often polluted.
“I am forced to drink salty water, I have no choice,” said Mahmoud Radwan. “This causes intestinal disease, and there’s no medicine to treat it.”
U.S. President Donald Trump, whose administration has voiced full support for Israel’s aggression, is set to visit Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates this week in a regional tour that will not include the Israeli occupied territories.
Israel’s invasion has martyred over 52,800 Palestinians, mostly women and children, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. The onslaught has destroyed vast areas of the territory and displaced some 90% of its population of around 2 million.