For the 657th consecutive day, Israeli occupation forces intensified their genocidal war on the Gaza Strip through relentless air and artillery strikes, deliberate starvation, and attacks on displaced civilians, under full US political and military backing, and with an alarming level of international silence and complicity.
According to the PIC field reporters, Israeli forces carried out dozens of air raids today, committing further massacres amid deepening famine and displacement that now affect over 2 million Palestinians.
Latest developments (Thursday)
At least 20 Palestinians were killed today by Israeli strikes across Gaza.
Two civilians were killed, and others wounded, after Israeli forces shelled tents sheltering displaced families in Al-Mawasi, Khan Yunis.
Two more civilians were killed in Israeli artillery shelling near Al-Qastal Towers, east of Deir al-Balah.
A woman was killed and others wounded in an Israeli helicopter strike on the Al-Ghoul family home in Block 3 of Al-Bureij refugee camp.
Another Palestinian was killed in another Israeli airstrike near Abu Rassas roundabout in Al-Bureij.
Israeli forces detonated explosive-laden robots in Al-Shuja’iya, eastern Gaza City.
Medical sources reported evacuations from aid collection points in northwestern Gaza following Israeli attacks on civilians waiting for assistance.
Two civilians were killed and three others injured when Israeli forces targeted a tent near the Palestinian Legislative Council in western Gaza City.
Al-Awda Hospital reported receiving three martyrs, including a child and an infant, from an Israeli strike on a home in Al-Nusairat (central Gaza).
One person was killed in another Israeli strike on a home in Al-Bureij.
Three more civilians were martyred, and others wounded, in Israeli artillery fire near Al-Qastal Towers, east of Deir al-Balah.
Airstrikes also targeted and demolished multiple residential buildings in northern Khan Younis.
Ongoing genocide
Supported by unwavering American backing, Israel continued its full-scale genocide in Gaza. As of now, the Ministry of Health reports over 59,219 Palestinians killed, 143,045 injured, more than 11,000 missing, dozens dead from famine, and over 2 million forcibly displaced under catastrophic conditions.
Since Israel violated the March 18 ceasefire agreement, 8,363 people have been killed, and 31,004 injured. Since Israel turned limited aid distribution points into “kill zones” on May 27, 1,060 more Palestinians have been killed, with 7,207 injured and 45 missing, all while promoting the discredited and UN-rejected “Gaza Humanitarian Foundation” as a cover for collective punishment.
The Israeli army has also killed 1,590 medical personnel, 115 civil defense staff, 220 humanitarian workers, and 754 police and aid security officers during their duties.
Massacres and destruction
The Israeli military has carried out over 15,000 massacres, wiping out more than 2,500 families from the civil registry and devastating 14,000 family households.
According to Gaza’s Government Media Office and UN agencies, 88% of Gaza’s infrastructure has been destroyed, while economic losses exceed $62 billion.
Israeli forces currently control 77% of Gaza’s land through occupation, bombardment, and forced displacement.
The destruction includes 149 schools, universities, and educational institutions (completely destroyed), 369 partially damaged, 828 mosques destroyed, 167 partially damaged, and 19 cemeteries destroyed.
This relentless war is not only a humanitarian catastrophe but a calculated and systematic campaign of extermination, one that continues with the complicity of world powers and the abandonment of international law.