An investigation conducted by the American network CNN, based on satellite images and video clips, showed that the Israeli occupation army destroyed many cemeteries in the Gaza Strip to find out whether the Israeli prisoners, who were declared dead, were buried there.
An investigation conducted by the American network CNN, based on satellite images and video clips, revealed that the Israeli occupation army destroyed many cemeteries in the Gaza Strip to find out whether the Israeli prisoners, who were declared dead, were buried there.
The network said that the Israeli army destroyed at least 16 cemeteries in Gaza, and published satellite images and videos documenting this in its news.
The network added that the Israeli army destroyed many graves with bulldozers, destroyed tombstones, and exhumed some bodies during the ground operation in Gaza.
The network devoted space to the statements of some legal experts who confirmed that the deliberate destruction of religious sites, such as cemeteries, and turning them into military targets, is a violation of international law.
Experts explained that Israel's actions may amount to a "war crime."
An Israeli army spokesman confirmed to CNN that the army had dug some graves in Gaza, and said this was to find out whether Israeli hostages were buried there.
The spokesman claimed that Hamas is using the cemeteries for “military purposes,” adding that the Israeli army “has no choice but to target the cemeteries.”
The death toll in Gaza exceeds 25 thousand and two mothers are killed every hour
The death toll from the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip has risen to 25,105, with 62,681 casualties since October 7, amid continuous artillery shelling and raids across the Gaza Strip. Meanwhile, UN Women said that two mothers have been killed every hour in Gaza since October 7.
She added, "On the 107th day of the war, the Israeli occupation committed 15 massacres against families in the Gaza Strip, claiming 178 martyrs and 293 injuries during the past 24 hours."
The ministry added, "There are still a number of victims under the rubble and on the roads, and ambulance and civil defense crews cannot reach them."
Violent clashes in Khan Yunis between the Israeli occupation forces and the Palestinian resistance, and violent air strikes on residential neighborhoods in several areas in the southern Gaza Strip.
Palestinians were martyred and dozens injured at dawn on Sunday, after Israeli occupation army aircraft bombed Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip.
Israeli army aircraft targeted the Al-Amal neighborhood, west of Khan Yunis, and the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, killing a number of citizens and wounding dozens, according to the Palestinian News Agency (Wafa).
WAFA added that a number of martyrs were killed and others were injured after being targeted by Israeli army snipers in the Al-Katiba area, southwest of the Gaza Strip.
Press sources said that 5 Palestinians were martyred in an Israeli artillery shelling targeting east of Jabalia, and they stated that ambulance teams were unable to reach the site of the bombing.
Local Palestinian sources also reported that three Palestinians were martyred as a result of an air strike on a vehicle they were traveling in in the Yarmouk Market. A woman was also martyred and a number of residents were injured in the targeting of a house in the Zaytoun neighborhood.
For her part, a TRT News correspondent reported that 5 Palestinians were martyred in Israeli air strikes on the Beach camp.
She said that the city of Khan Yunis is witnessing violent clashes between the occupation forces and Palestinian resistance members in the vicinity of Al Amal Hospital and Nasser Hospital.
Intense clashes and raids
Throughout the northern Gaza Strip, there are continuous clashes and heavy artillery shelling by the Israeli occupation army, which resulted in a number of Palestinian martyrs and wounded.
During the continued artillery shelling in the vicinity of Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, warplanes bombed Jabalia Camp in the northern Gaza Strip, resulting in a major fire breaking out in one of the homes and factories targeted by the bombing. The occupation aircraft bombed a house in the Beach Camp, west of Gaza City.
Explosions were heard in the Jabalia area following the ongoing clashes, coinciding with the occupation launching fire belts and intense raids on the area.
In this context, Israeli forces carried out sweeping operations in the western outskirts of the Tal al-Hawa neighborhood in Gaza City, and fired fire and shells at homes, resulting in a number of Palestinians being injured with various injuries.
A TRT News correspondent pointed to the increasing seriousness of the humanitarian situation and the occurrence of a “famine” in the northern Gaza Strip due to the lack of sufficient relief aid arriving for an entire week. The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Observatory announced that 50 out of 1,220 trucks arrived in the northern part of the Gaza Strip during Last week, he described the number of relief trucks as “not sufficient for the purpose.”
Two mothers are martyred every hour
On the other hand, UN Women said that two mothers have been killed every hour in Gaza since October 7, while at least 10,000 children have lost their fathers.
The UN report stated that the number of Palestinians who were martyred in the current war is three times the number of those who were martyred in previous wars between resistance fighters and Israel during the past 15 years.
The report stated that 70% of those killed by the Israeli occupation army in Gaza since October 7 were women and children, indicating the huge increase in the toll of women and children, as they represented less than 14% of the martyrs in past hostilities.
A Palestinian journalist holds a birthday party for his daughter on top of the rubble of a house in Gaza. What did his daughter wish for?
Earlier Friday, UNICEF announced that about 20,000 Palestinian children were born “in the hell” of war since October 7, and in “unimaginable circumstances,” while UN Women expressed its concern about the number of “women and children” martyrs. , warning of a shock that “lasts for generations.”
What the occupation army is committing in the Gaza Strip contradicts the statements of Israeli officials, who confirm that they are trying to avoid causing civilian casualties and are issuing evacuation orders aimed at evacuating the areas of residents before attacking them.
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