50 Dead in Gaza: Israel Strikes Hospital, Refugee Camps, and Flour Line

The latest attacks by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip have escalated the death toll to at least 44,758 people, with 50 fatalities recorded on Monday alone. The attacks targeted refugee camps, a hospital, and a line for flour distribution, as reported by sources within the Palestinian territory.

The Ministry of Health in Gaza indicated that the Indonesian Hospital in northern Gaza City was struck, injuring six patients. This incident adds to the more than 106,000 Palestinians injured since the onset of the Israeli offensive, which was a response to the attack led by Hamas last year.

“We call for international protection for hospitals, patients, and medical staff,” stated the ministry, as quoted by The Associated Press. The report added that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) claimed they were not aware of any recent attacks on the hospital within the past few hours.

A nurse at the hospital provided video evidence to Drop Site News, which then shared the footage widely on social media:

As reported by Al Jazeera, an Israeli strike overnight in the southern city of Rafah resulted in 10 deaths among individuals queued up to purchase flour.

Israel, currently facing a genocide case at the International Court of Justice, has been criticized for exacerbating the starvation of Gaza’s 2.3 million inhabitants by restricting the inflow of humanitarian aid into the area.

From central Deir al-Balah, Al Jazeera‘s Hani Mahmoud reported that a morning strike on the Jabalia refugee camp in the north killed at least three people. The ongoing bombings and blockade have transformed the camp into “a graveyard.”

The victims “were attempting to find food near their homes when a drone targeted them, killing them instantly. Their bodies remain in the street, unreachable for recovery,” said the journalist.

The IDF disclosed that three of its soldiers were killed and 12 others injured on Monday during combat in Jabalia.

Mahmoud also reported that bodies were accumulating outside the al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital following an Israeli strike on the Bureij refugee camp.

“The scene continues to worsen at al-Aqsa Hospital, where early this morning, survivors and relatives gathered to claim bodies from the overcrowded morgue,” he noted.

According to the Palestinian news agency Wafa, reported by Middle East Eye, “two children were killed and others injured on Monday during an Israeli bombardment of al-Maghazi camp in central Gaza.”

Following talks in Cairo with Egypt’s general intelligence chief, Maj. Gen. Hassan Rashad, a Hamas delegation led by Khalil al-Hayya returned from discussions regarding a potential ceasefire in Gaza. Israeli media later suggested that Hamas and Israel might be nearing a “small” agreement involving a two-month ceasefire, the release of certain prisoners, and a partial withdrawal of IDF forces from Gaza areas. However, neither Hamas nor the mediators from Egypt and Qatar have confirmed these reports.

Meanwhile, the political landscape in neighboring Syria saw dramatic shifts over the weekend as President Bashar al-Assad fled, and rebels seized control of the capital. Concurrently, Israel expanded its territorial claims in Syria’s Golan Heights, which it has occupied for decades. Amidst these developments, the United States, a supplier of arms to the IDF, initiated airstrikes targeting over 75 Islamic State positions in Syria.