Today marks the one-year anniversary of the launch of Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza, one of the deadliest and most destructive military campaigns in recent history.
Just over the past three days, Israel bombed a mosque, a school, a hospital, and several homes, as it presses on with a relentless assault on civilians. Israeli tanks this weekend again encircled, then invaded, Jabaliya refugee camp in northern Gaza. Al Jazeera correspondent Anas al-Sharif reports: “The situation is very very difficult. Occupation forces are currently carrying out horrific massacres in Beit Lahia, Beit Hanoun, Jabalia camp, and Jabalia al-Balad. Dozens lay dead in the streets, with people trapped in their homes under sniper bullets and artillery shells, while ambulance crews are unable to reach them due to the continuous targeting.”
Meanwhile, Israel recently issued new displacement orders covering most of northern Gaza and in Khan Younis, telling Palestinians to move to Mawasi, where an estimated one million displaced people are already sheltering in a sandy coastal area with no infrastructure in a designated “safe zone” that Israel has nevertheless bombed multiple times…..more
