Israeli airstrike kills 12, including 2-month-old baby

GAZA: At least 12 Palestinians were killed and 30 others injured in a series of Israeli airstrikes on four homes in the Jabalia town, northern Gaza Strip, where the Israeli military offensive continued for six days.

At the hospital, a Palestinian man had a nervous breakdown as he said that the 2-month-old baby was tragically killed by Israeli airstrike after struggling with hunger and malnutrition.

Gaza Civil Defense spokesman Mahmoud Basal said the airstrikes targeted a residential area on Friday night.

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He added that 14 others are still missing under the rubble of the homes.

For six consecutive days, the Israeli military has been conducting a ground offensive in northern Gaza, particularly in Beit Hanoun, Beit Lahia, and the densely populated Jabalia refugee camp.

This followed intense strikes on northern Gaza’s eastern and western regions, the heaviest since May.

The Israeli military warned Palestinians on Monday to evacuate their homes in Jabalia, Beit Hanoun, and Beit Lahia and move south, while Gaza’s Ministry of Interior and National Security cautioned citizens against complying with these orders, calling them “deception and lies.”

Despite a UN Security Council resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire, Israel has continued its brutal offensive on the Gaza Strip following an attack by the Palestinian group Hamas last year.

More than 42,100 people have since been killed, mostly women and children, and over 98,100 others injured, according to local health authorities.

The Israeli onslaught has displaced almost the entire population of the Gaza Strip amid an ongoing blockade that has led to severe shortages of food, clean water, and medicine.

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Mediation efforts led by the US, Egypt, and Qatar to reach a Gaza ceasefire and prisoner swap agreement between Israel and Hamas have failed over Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s refusal to halt the war.

Israel faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its actions in Gaza.