Iran Press/West Asia: On one of the deadliest days in Gaza, close to 50 individuals, including women and young children, lost their lives as Israeli airstrikes relentlessly struck areas designated as "humanitarian safe zones."
The death toll in the conflict-ridden Palestinian territory is now nearing a devastating 46,000.
The latest wave of violence has hit particularly hard in al-Mawasi, a coastal area in southern Gaza ironically designated as a “humanitarian safe zone” by the Israeli military. Despite this designation, the area has been repeatedly targeted, resulting in horrific casualties among displaced civilians seeking refuge in makeshift tent camps.
Witnesses from the area describe a tragic scene at Nasser Medical Hospital in Khan Younis, where the bodies of the victims—eight children and five women—were carried in on carts pulled by animals. In a particularly tragic incident, five children sheltering together in a single tent in al-Mawasi lost their lives to an Israeli strike, along with others so disfigured by explosions they were unrecognizable.
Al-Mawasi has been bombarded repeatedly even though it has been designated as a “safe zone.” The attacks were characterized by locals as “horrific massacres,” with displaced civilians suffering the most. The hospital’s morgue paints a grim picture, with lifeless bodies, some of them children, lying on stretchers or stacked on metal shelves.
In the last 24 hours alone, three families were wiped out in separate strikes, according to local health officials, with over 30 people killed and dozens injured. The overall death toll in Gaza since the start of Israel’s offensive on October 7, 2023, has surged to nearly 46,000, with more than 109,000 injured.
