AhlulBayt News Agency: More than 60 Palestinian civilians, most of them children and women, have been killed by Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip since dawn on Tuesday, amid the renewed military offensive on the besieged territory.
Palestinian media cited medical sources reporting that the fatalities occurred due to a series of Israeli airstrikes targeting homes, refugee camps, and schools in Gaza.
Palestine’s official news agency WAFA confirmed that 12 civilians, including children, were killed in a massacre after Israeli forces bombed a home in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza.
Two civilians were killed, and others wounded, in an Israeli drone strike on the al-Manara area, east of Khan Yunis, south of Gaza Strip.
The death toll from the Israeli bombing of a gas station west of the Nuseirat refugee camp has risen to 15, while another citizen was killed in strikes on al-Sikka Street, al-Zeitoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City.
Israeli attacks on schools and refugee camps
Local reports stated that Israeli forces bombed Musa Bin Nusayr school in Gaza City’s al-Daraj neighborhood early on Tuesday, killing 13 Palestinians and injuring more than 10 others.
The victims were displaced families from Beit Hanoun, who had been sheltering in the school.
“Among the dead were four children whose bodies were completely burned, and three women, two of them pregnant,” reports said. Witnesses suspected Israel used new types of munitions, causing severe burns and widespread destruction.
Palestinian resistance media reported that Israeli shelling continued in Khan Yunis and Rafah, with a drone bombing a tent in al-Mawasi refugee camp, leaving an unspecified number of casualties.
Ceasefire violations and ongoing war crimes
In January, Israel was forced to agree to a ceasefire deal with Hamas, following its failure to achieve its declared objectives, including the elimination of the Palestinian resistance movement and the release of captives.
The 42-day truce, which was repeatedly violated by Israel, expired on March 1, but Israel has refused to engage in talks for the second stage of the agreement.
On March 18, Israel resumed airstrikes on Gaza, breaking the nearly two-month-long ceasefire.
Since October 7, 2023, Israel’s military campaign has killed 53,486 civilians, the majority of whom were children and women, and injured 121,398 others.
The death toll remains preliminary, as many victims are still buried under rubble, unable to be reached by ambulance and rescue crews.
International legal actions against Israel
The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants last November for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Minister of Military Affairs Yoav Gallant, citing war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.
Israel also faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) for its war on the besieged coastal territory.
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