AT LEAST 20 Palestinians, including children, were killed as a result of an Israeli attack on a school shelter in Central Gaza. The attack also killed two women in Nuseirat.
The school accommodates many Palestinians who have been displaced by the year-long war in Gaza. The body was taken to Al-Awda Hospital in Nuseirat and Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah.
Meanwhile, Israel continues to attack militant targets in the Gaza Strip almost every day. The military says it is trying to avoid harming civilians and blames Hamas and other armed groups for the deaths because they operate in densely populated areas.
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In northern Gaza, Israeli air and ground forces attacked Jabaliya, where the military said the militants had regrouped.
Over the past year, Israeli troops have repeatedly returned to refugee camps built since the 1948 war around Israeli-occupied and other areas.
Israel has ordered a full evacuation of northern Gaza, including Gaza City.
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An estimated 400,000 people remain in the north after mass evacuations were ordered in the early weeks of the war.
Palestinians fear that Israel intends to permanently reduce the population of the northern region in order to build military bases or Jewish settlements there.
Food, corpses, dogs
The UN says no food aid has entered northern Gaza since October 1.
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The military confirmed that hospitals were included in the evacuation order but said it had not set a timetable and was working with local authorities to facilitate the transfer of patients.
Fares Abu Hamza, an official in the Gaza Health Ministry’s emergency services, said the bodies of a large number of martyrs had still not been collected from the streets and under rubble.
“We couldn’t reach them,” he said, confirming that dogs were eating the remains.
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The war began when Hamas-led militants attacked a year ago, killing around 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and kidnapping around 250.
About 100 hostages are still being held in Gaza, a third of whom are believed to be dead.
Israel’s bombardment and ground invasion of Gaza has killed more than 42,000 Palestinians, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health and left much of the territory devastated.
The ministry did not differentiate between militants or civilians, but said women and children accounted for half the deaths. Israel says it has killed more than 17,000 fighters, without providing evidence. (TRT World/Z-2)
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