Some 40 people died on Thursday in new Israeli bombings in Gaza, mostly in fields of displaced people of the territory. Israel intensified its offensive and continues to block humanitarian aid.
The Israeli army intensified its bombings and extended its land operations in the territory since the resumption of its offensive on March 18, which ended two months from truce
The Israeli prime minister, Benjamín Netanyahu, estimates that acute military pressure would force the Palestinian Islamist movement to deliver to the kidnapped hostages.
“At least 16 dead, many of them women and children, after a direct bombing of two Israeli missiles against several tents that welcomed families of displaced people, in the Al Mawasi area, in Jan Yunis,” south of the Strip, said the spokesman for the Civil Defense (DC), Mahmud Basal.
Another bombing against another tent of displaced in Beit Lahia, in the north, caused seven dead, he said.
Israel bombards the most important hospital in northern Gaza and leaves it out of service
In an attack against an improvised shelter in Jabaliya, in the north, at least seven members of the same family died.
The DC also realized two other Palestinians killed by Israeli artillery in the Shujaiya neighborhood, in Gaza City.
In a sample of greater pressure, the Israeli army announced Wednesday that it had transformed 30 % of the enclave into a “security zone”, which prevents the Palestinians from living there.
Israel also continues to block the entry of humanitarian aid in the Gaza Strip, despite international convictions.
