Gaza Faces Unyielding Assault Amid Global Silence
As the 615th day of relentless Israeli aggression unfolds, Israeli occupation forces continue their devastating campaign in the Gaza Strip, employing aerial bombardments and artillery strikes that exacerbate the humanitarian crisis for the region's starving and displaced population. This aggression persists with backing from American political and military support, while the international community remains largely inactive.
Reports from Gaza indicate that numerous airstrikes have been launched, resulting in additional civilian casualties as the plight of over two million displaced individuals intensifies under worsening famine conditions.
In the early hours of the morning, amid the darkness, residents in northern Gaza struggle to reach aid distribution centers to receive desperately needed flour amid the ongoing Israeli war of hunger.
All of the border crossings leading to Gaza have been sealed off by Israel… pic.twitter.com/BMBHZKL7ba
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) June 12, 2025
Gaza Ministry of Health has confirmed multiple fatalities due to Israeli airstrikes across the territory since early morning. Among the victims were three individuals who lost their lives when Israeli occupation forces targeted a tent sheltering displaced families in the Mawasi area of Khan Yunis. Among those killed were Abdul Wahab Abu Haddaf, his wife, and their child.
A medical source reported that 13 people were martyred and around 200 injured when Israeli occupation forces opened fire on civilians awaiting aid near Netzarim in southern Gaza. The bodies of a woman and her child were also recovered following an airstrike on Abasan al-Kabira, east of Khan Yunis.
With heartbreak and tears, a Palestinian mother says a final goodbye to her son who was shot dead by Israeli occupation forces as he waited for food aid at Al-Nabulsi roundabout in western Gaza City. pic.twitter.com/MaCzXMQH0S
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) June 11, 2025
Reports of further injuries emerged as a child was wounded during an attack on tents housing displaced individuals in the Al-Mawasi region.
At Al-Awda Hospital in Nuseirat, four people were confirmed dead, with over 100 others—many of them children and women—injured due to Israeli drone strikes on civilian gatherings near an aid distribution point at the so-called 'Netzarim checkpoint.'
As dawn broke, Israeli aircraft targeted the Al-Mawasi area once again. Furthermore, a martyr was reported at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, having succumbed to injuries from gunfire while waiting for aid near Netzarim.
In its latest statistics, the Ministry of Health announced that the death toll from the Zionist aggression had risen to 50,052 martyrs and 114,000 injuries.
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