ALBAWABA- Israeli airstrikes continued relentlessly across the Gaza Strip on Monday, killing more than 60 Palestinians and injuring dozens more, according to the Palestinian Red Crescent.
The day’s escalating attacks included multiple deadly strikes on residential buildings, shelters, and public spaces, bringing the total death toll to 53 by midday, with the number rising throughout the afternoon.
In one of the deadliest incidents, at least 14 Palestinians were killed when Israeli warplanes bombed a five-storey residential building in the Al-Rizqa area, northeast of Gaza City.
Another 10 people lost their lives, and 25 were injured in an airstrike that hit a home south of Gaza City.
Elsewhere, at least 10 Palestinians were killed and many others wounded in a strike on a residential building in the Tel al-Hawa neighborhood, southwest Gaza City. In Deir al-Balah, central Gaza, an Israeli bombing of the Abu Issa café left at least three civilians dead and several others injured.
In Al-Bureij refugee camp, five civilians were killed and four injured in another airstrike. Meanwhile, in Mawasi, Khan Younis, a drone attack on a tent sheltering displaced families killed five Palestinians, including children, and injured at least 17.
Graphic footage from the GHF aid center in Rafah circulated online showing American and Israeli forces reportedly opening fire on starving civilians waiting for food parcels in the Al-Shakoush area. Since the U.S.-supported aid operation began in May, over 600 Palestinians have been killed while attempting to access food, according to local sources.
Human rights advocates have also condemned what they describe as “systematic thirst warfare,” with Israeli forces accused of targeting civilians fetching water.
These attacks have reportedly killed more than 700 people—most of them children, in 112 separate strikes.
Meanwhile, Israeli Energy Minister Eli Cohen stirred international outrage by declaring that Gaza “should remain destroyed for decades,” and that Israel has no intention of contributing to the territory’s reconstruction following the war.
Commenting on the deteriorating situation, UN Secretary-General António Guterres stated that a ceasefire in Gaza would not be sufficient, calling instead for a long-overdue political solution that grants Palestinians the right to an independent state alongside Israel.
