by Temitope Oladeji
2/4/2025
Israeli air strikes have killed dozens of Palestinians in Gaza, as Israel’s Defense Minister, Israel Katz, announced plans to expand military operations and establish “security zones” within the enclave.
The intensified offensive has led to mass casualties among Palestinian civilians, while health officials reported heavy civilian losses.
At least 19 Palestinians, including nine children, were killed in an Israeli strike on a United Nations clinic sheltering displaced families in Jabalia, according to medical staff at the nearby Indonesian hospital inthe southern Gaza Strip on Monday.
The Israeli military stated that the attack targeted “Hamas terrorists” using the location for military operations against Israel.
Elsewhere in Gaza, overnight air raids resulted in at least 20 more deaths, according to local hospitals.
In Khan Younis, the Civil Defence recovered the bodies of 12 people, including women and children, from a destroyed home. Rida al-Jabbour, a resident, described the scene as devastating:
“From the moment the strike occurred, we have been unable to sit or sleep,” she said.
The strike in Jabalia targeted two rooms in a UN clinic run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), which was being used as a shelter for displaced civilians.