200 Children Killed in Israeli Attacks on Gaza Over Three Days

International Desk

At least 200 children have been killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza from Tuesday morning to Thursday, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, as reported by Qatar-based media Al Jazeera. Over the past three days, 506 people have been killed and 909 injured in the Israeli strikes. Meanwhile, the occupying Israeli forces continue their attacks despite the rising casualties.

In a statement, the Health Ministry said that 506 people, including 200 children, have been killed in Israeli attacks since Tuesday morning. Additionally, 909 civilians have been injured in these strikes.

On Thursday, Israeli forces expanded their ground operations. The Gaza Health Ministry reported that at least 91 Palestinians were killed and many civilians injured across Gaza after Israel resumed airstrikes and ground operations.

After two months of relative calm, Gazans are once again fleeing to save their lives as Israel has effectively violated the ceasefire and launched extensive airstrikes and ground operations. Israeli aircraft have dropped leaflets over residential areas, ordering residents of northern cities like Beit Lahia and Beit Hanoun, Gaza City’s Shijaiyah district, and the eastern outskirts of Khan Younis in the south to evacuate.

29-year-old Palestinian Samad Sami said, “War has returned, displacement and death have returned. Will we survive this phase?”

A day after sending tanks into central Gaza, the Israeli army announced on Thursday that it had begun ground operations in the northern coastal route of Beit Lahia.

The Palestinian armed group Hamas did not retaliate in the first 48 hours after Israel resumed its attacks. They stated that their fighters had launched rockets into Israel. The Israeli army reported that sirens sounded in central Israel after projectiles were fired from Gaza.

Palestinian medical workers said that Israeli strikes targeted several homes in the northern and southern parts of the Gaza Valley. After talks to extend the ceasefire failed, the Israeli army began a massive bombing campaign on Tuesday and sent troops the following day.

The Israeli army announced on Thursday that its forces had been engaged in expanding a buffer zone over the past 24 hours, separating the northern and southern parts of Gaza, known as the Netzarim Corridor. Israel has instructed residents to stay away from Salah al-Din Road, the main north-south route, and instead travel along the coast.

On the first day of resuming airstrikes on Tuesday, over 400 Palestinians were killed, marking one of the deadliest days of the war.

Hamas stated that Israel’s ground operations and incursion into the Netzarim Corridor constitute a “new and dangerous” violation of the two-month ceasefire agreement. In a statement, they reaffirmed their commitment to the ceasefire and called on mediators to fulfill their responsibilities.

Earlier this month, the first phase of the ceasefire temporarily ended. Hamas wants to move to the second phase, under which Israel must negotiate an end to the war, withdraw its troops, and release Palestinian prisoners in exchange for Israeli hostages held in Gaza.

Israel has only proposed a temporary extension of the ceasefire while cutting off all supplies to Gaza, stating that it is resuming military operations to pressure Hamas into releasing the remaining hostages.