The Israeli occupation army killed at least 25 Palestinians on Friday in airstrikes targeting homes in various parts of the Gaza Strip, resulting in two massacres of two families. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) said the current Israeli blockade on Gaza is the most severe since the beginning of the war.
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The two massacres occurred at dawn, claiming the lives of a large number of children and women, as part of a genocide now in its 19th month, according to Palestinian medical sources.
In the northern Gaza Strip, 10 Palestinians from a family, including five children, were killed in an Israeli airstrike that targeted the home of the Miqdad family in the Tal al-Zaatar neighborhood of Jabalia.
Meanwhile, an Israeli aircraft targeted a tent for displaced people in the Al-Tawam area in the northern Gaza Strip, killing two Palestinians and wounding six others.
Young man Mohammed Abu Rukba was also killed in an Israeli attack targeting a civilian gathering in the town of Jabalia.
In the southern Gaza Strip, a bombing of the Baraka family home and neighboring houses in the Bani Suhaila area east of Khan Yunis resulted in the deaths of 10 civilians from the family and the injury of a large number, in a horrific massacre, the second in just hours.
Two Palestinians were also killed in an airstrike targeting the Abu Akar family's home near the sit-in stadium in Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip.
Meanwhile, the Gaza Civil Defense warned in a press statement on Friday that some of its vehicles in the Gaza Strip's governorates are at risk of shutting down due to a lack of fuel.
He stressed that his teams would be unable to respond to humanitarian interventions within a few days if the fuel supply to the Gaza Strip continued to be blocked, given the escalating Israeli aggression.
He called for pressure on the Israeli occupation authorities to allow the entry of sufficient quantities of fuel to international relief organizations, which in turn supply humanitarian services with the fuel they need.
In this context, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) said in a report that the stifling blockade imposed by Israel on Gaza for nearly seven weeks is more severe than the initial period after October 7, 2023.
UNRWA stated that 420,000 people have been displaced again in the Gaza Strip since March 18 due to renewed Israeli attacks.
The agency confirmed that the lack of humanitarian aid entering Gaza and the ongoing blockade imposed by Israel for nearly seven weeks are more severe than the initial period following October 7, 2023.
She stated that as a result of the blockade, vital humanitarian supplies in Gaza, including food, fuel, medical aid, and vaccines for children, are rapidly running out.
She noted that many civilians lost their lives due to the violent attacks launched by Israel after it violated the ceasefire agreement on March 18.
In early March 2025, the first phase of a ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement between Hamas and Israel concluded. The agreement, which went into effect on January 19, 2025, was brokered by Egypt and Qatar and supported by the United States, and the Palestinian movement adhered to it.
However, Netanyahu disavowed the start of the second phase and resumed the genocide in the Gaza Strip on March 18, in deference to the most extreme faction within his right-wing government, according to Hebrew media.