At least 153 Palestinians were killed in intensified Israeli air strikes in Gaza in the last 24 hours, a Health Ministry official said.
“Relentless Israeli strikes claimed the lives of 153 people across the enclave,” Munir al-Bursh, the director-general of Gaza's Health Ministry, told Anadolu on Sunday.
He said Israeli warplanes stepped up air strikes since Sunday dawn, leaving 106 people dead.
“The Israeli army is practising the most brutal forms of ethnic cleansing and genocide" against Palestinian civilians, he added.
The rising death toll came as Israeli drones shelled the Indonesian Hospital in Jabalia in northern Gaza.
"The (Israeli) occupation is besieging the hospital with drones and shooting at anyone who moves," hospital director Marwan Sultan said in a statement.
He said one patient was injured by Israeli fire in the hospital’s vicinity.
Separately, Israeli drones struck 10 houses around the Al-Awda Hospital in Jabalia, causing material damage to the hospital’s critical facilities, the hospital director, Mohammed Salha, told Anadolu.
He said the hospital has not received any medical supplies for over 80 days.
“No fuel shipment was also allowed to the hospital for more than 35 days now,” he added.
Israeli military launches new onslaught against the besieged Palestinians, aiming "to conquer Gaza" and occupy it.
Shortage of fuel
The Gaza Civil Defence, meanwhile, warned that its vehicles will stop within 72 hours due to the lack of fuel.
“Our teams will not be able to perform their humanitarian missions due to fuel shortages and scarcity of resources,” it said in a statement.
The Israeli army intensified air assaults on Gaza in the last five days, coinciding with United States President Donald Trump’s Gulf tour that included Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates.
At least 378 Palestinians were killed and scores injured in the onslaught, according to the Health Ministry.
The Israeli army has pursued a brutal offensive against Gaza since October 2023, killing more than 53,000 Palestinians, most of them women and children.
The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants last November for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defence minister, Yoav Gallant, for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.
Israel also faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its war on the enclave.
The UN says the proposed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation plan breaches its principles of impartiality, neutrality and independence, while Israel pledges to enable but not fund or distribute aid amidst a deepening hunger crisis.
