Gaza: At least 80 Palestinians were killed and dozens of others wounded in Israeli airstrikes across Gaza, said Palestinian medical sources.
The Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis reported that 54 people, including women and children, were killed in strikes on the southern city, according to a press statement on Thursday.
According to Gaza-based health authorities, the Gaza European Hospital, the only hospital providing medical follow-up care to cancer patients in the enclave, was out of service due to recent Israeli attacks, Xinhua news agency reported.
The Israeli attacks “caused significant damage to infrastructure, such as sewage lines, damage to internal departments, and destruction of roads leading to the hospital,” the authorities said in a press statement.
Meanwhile, medical sources told Xinhua news agency that 26 others were killed in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City and other areas in northern Gaza.
The airstrikes came after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned on Tuesday that the Israeli military would enter Gaza “with full force” in the coming days to press forward with efforts to defeat Hamas.
Israel resumed large-scale military operations in Gaza on March 18, ending a two-month ceasefire.
Since then, 2,876 Palestinians have been killed and more than 7,800 injured, according to health officials in Gaza.
The total Palestinian death toll since the war erupted on October 7, 2023, has reached 53,010, the officials said on Thursday.
Israel is using a policy of “reducing space and emptying populated areas to pressure citizens,” Mahmoud Basal, spokesperson for the Civil Defence in Gaza, told Xinhua on Thursday.
He also claimed that thousands of people spent the night in the streets amid threats of strikes on schools and shelters housing the displaced, adding that Israeli forces were obstructing emergency teams from reaching victims and systematically destroying Civil Defence infrastructure.
Since October 2023, the Israeli Army has pursued a brutal offensive on the Gaza Strip, killing more than 53,000 Palestinians so far, most of them women and children.
A US-backed humanitarian organisation will start work in Gaza by the end of May under an aid distribution plan, but has asked Israel to let the United Nations and others resume deliveries to Palestinians now until it is set up.
No humanitarian assistance has been delivered to Gaza since March 2, and a global hunger monitor has warned that half a million people face starvation in Gaza.
IANS
Indus Treaty on hold until Pakistan ‘credibly and irrevocably’ abjures support for cross-border terrorism
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar on Thursday made it clear that the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) will remain suspended until Pakistan stops sheltering internationally designated terrorist entities...
Trump says India is offering US a zero tariff trade deal
New Delhi: US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that India has offered to enter a bilateral trade deal with the US that “basically” proposes that "no tariffs" would be...
Indian delegation at UN presents case for declaring TRF a terrorist organisation
United Nations: A delegation from India met with the top UN counter-terrorism officials on Wednesday for a wide-ranging discussion on cooperation in fighting terrorism in the aftermath of the Pahalgam...
Anita Anand appointed Canada’s Foreign Minister; will pilot reset with India
Ottawa: Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney has appointed Anita Ananda to the powerful post of Foreign Minister in his new cabinet charged with fulfilling the “mandate for change”. He also...
India blocks X accounts of Chinese state media for spreading Pakistani propaganda, fake news
New Delhi: In a significant diplomatic and digital move, India on Wednesday blocked the X accounts of China's state-run media outlets, Global Times and Xinhua News Agency, for spreading disinformation...
Pakistan FM says ceasefire could be under threat if India refuses to reverse IWT suspension
Islamabad: Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar has said that the ceasefire between India and Pakistan could be under threat if New Delhi continues to keep the...
US announces new sanctions on Iran following 4th round of nuclear talks
Washington: The US has imposed sanctions on three Iranian nationals and one Iranian entity with ties to Tehran's Organisation of Defensive Innovation and Research, which is known by its Persian...
15 labourers die after consuming spurious liquor in Amritsar
Chandigarh: At least 15 men have died after allegedly consuming spurious liquor in four villages of the Majitha area in Amritsar district, officials said on Tuesday. The deceased, mostly labourers...
Terror, trade and talk cannot co-exist: PM Modi sends stern message to Pakistan
New Delhi: In a firm declaration, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday made it clear to the world that terror and diplomacy -- or terror and trade -- cannot co-exist....
Trump says stopped nuclear conflict, used trade to end India-Pak hostilities
Washington: President Donald Trump on Monday said he used the lure of trade with the US to persuade India and Pakistan to end hostilities last week, which, he added, could...
Nuclear blackmail will not come in the way of anti-terror action: PM Modi
New Delhi: Nuclear blackmail will not come in India's resolve to hit terror at its root in any part of the world, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday, sending...
NCW condemns online abuse targeting Foreign Secretary Misri and daughter
New Delhi: The National Commission for Women (NCW) has strongly condemned the online abuse and doxxing directed at Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri and his family, particularly his daughter, following a...
