Horrific Massacre: At least 40 people, some of them entire families, killed in Israeli airstrikes in Beit Lahiya
Gaza (Quds News Network)- An Israeli assault on Beit Lahiya in the besieged north of Gaza on Saturday evening killed at least 40 people, some of them entire families, local sources reported. North Gaza has been under Israeli siege and assault for more than three weeks.
Multiple Israeli airstrikes targeted about five residential buildings, including the houses of Abu Shadq, Salman and Al-Masri families. No warnings were given.
Emergency crews and hospitals in northern Gaza are almost entirely non-functional, leaving people to search through the rubble for their loved ones.
Emergency responders in the enclave’s battered north are working with limited tools and their hands to rescue survivors of the Israeli attack.
All of these individuals were still alive following the recent massacre in Beit Lahiya. However, they lost their lives at hospital later due to the lack of medical care amid the stifling Israeli blockade in northern Gaza. pic.twitter.com/yjDQ9WmQoE
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) October 26, 2024
One survivor told Aljazeera’s correspondent Anas al-Sharif that there are no first responders available to assist in rescue and recovery.
“There are no ambulances or civil defense vehicles, and no functioning hospitals,” the man says over the phone. “Dozens of martyrs and missing people are under the rubble, and the wounded are bleeding to death.”
في مكالمة مع أحد الناجين من المجزرة الإسرائيلية المروعة في بيت لاهيا، أخبرني بوجود: “أكثر من 40 شهيدًا، أغلبهم من النساء والأطفال..لا توجد إسعافات أو سيارات دفاع مدني، ولا مستشفيات تعمل. عشرات الشهداء والمفقودين تحت الأنقاض، والجرحى ينزفون حتى الموت.” pic.twitter.com/ky53VAUVMX
— أنس الشريف Anas Al-Sharif (@AnasAlSharif0) October 26, 2024
Sources added that many of the killed and injured are children, women and the elderly.
In picture | At least 40 civilians were massacred last night in a deadly Israeli airstrike targeting a residential complex in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza. pic.twitter.com/1RbMS7rN82
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) October 27, 2024
Images from the site of the massacre committed by the Israeli occupation forces in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza, last night. Multiple homes were targeted, resulting in nearly 40 victims, mostly women and children. pic.twitter.com/Y7PClKCTyr
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) October 27, 2024
The Health Ministry announced that Israeli military strikes on Jabalia, Beit Hanoon, and Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza have killed about 800 people over the course of a three-week offensive and siege.
