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Al Mayadeen
15-07-2025
- Health
- Al Mayadeen
'Israel' strikes Gaza kids fetching water, blames it on 'malfunction'
At least eight Palestinians, most of them children, were killed and more than a dozen others were wounded on Sunday after an Israeli missile strike hit central Gaza, according to local officials. The Israeli military alleged the missile missed its intended target due to a technical malfunction. In a statement, Israeli occupation forces (IOF) said the strike was aimed at an Islamic Jihad operative in the area, but the missile landed "dozens of metres from the target." The missile struck a water distribution site in the al-Nuseirat refugee camp, killing six children and injuring 17 others, according to Dr. Ahmed Abu Saifan, an emergency physician at al-Awda Hospital. Water shortages in Gaza have escalated in recent weeks, with fuel shortages forcing the shutdown of desalination and sanitation plants. Residents have increasingly relied on distribution centers to collect water in plastic containers. Elsewhere on Sunday, Palestinian media reported that an Israeli airstrike on a busy market in Gaza City killed 12 people, including a well-known hospital consultant. Israeli strikes on Gaza residents trying to fetch aid or water are nothing new. It has become the norm for the brutal occupation forces. Just three days ago, Israeli occupation forces committed a harrowing massacre by slaughtering women and children awaiting aid. A brutal massacre unfolded in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza, after Israeli occupation forces targeted a crowd of starved Palestinians waiting for humanitarian aid. According to Al Mayadeen's correspondent, the devastating airstrike killed 16 civilians, including 10 children, as desperate parents stood in line to receive nutritional supplements for their little ones. A child asks his martyred mother to forgive him, his voice shaking as he kneels beside her body. Moments earlier, Israeli forces bombed a queue of women and children waiting for food supplements during a famine at Al-Tayyarah roundabout in Deir al-Balah. The strike killed 15… Israeli attack reportedly struck near the al-Bashir laundry, in the vicinity of the al-Zuwari junction, where mothers and children had gathered in hopes of securing basic sustenance. Eyewitnesses described a chilling scene: lifeless bodies strewn across the street, many of them young children, an atrocity captured in graphic footage widely circulated by local media. In the horrendous attack, "Israel" claimed it was targeting a Hamas operative, which activists called a propaganda tactic "Israel" resorts to whenever it wants to justify a crime or massacre. A child asks his martyred mother to forgive him, his voice shaking as he kneels beside her body. Moments earlier, Israeli forces bombed a queue of women and children waiting for food supplements during a famine at Al-Tayyarah roundabout in Deir al-Balah. The strike killed 15… Health Ministry stated that the death toll from the war, which began in October 2023, has now exceeded 58,000. In 24 hours, 139 additional deaths were recorded. Efforts to broker a ceasefire remain stalled, with Palestinian and Israeli sources saying the two sides are deadlocked, primarily over the scope of an eventual Israeli withdrawal from Gaza. Indirect negotiations over a US-backed proposal for a 60-day truce are ongoing in Doha, but the cautious optimism seen last week has largely faded, as "Israel" continues to bring in new demands. In the early hours of Sunday, an Israeli missile struck a home in Gaza City where a family had sought refuge after evacuating from the southern outskirts. "My aunt, her husband and the children, are gone. What is the fault of the children who died in an ugly bloody massacre at dawn?" said Anas Matar, standing amid the ruins. "They came here, and they were hit. There is no safe place in Gaza," he said.
Al Jazeera
02-07-2025
- Politics
- Al Jazeera
'Nuseirat 274: The Hostage Massacre' an investigative film by Al Jazeera 360
Al Jazeera Media Network broadcasts an investigative documentary titled 'Nuseirat 274: The Hostage Massacre', on the Al Jazeera 360 VOD streaming platform. The film reveals new details about one of the bloodiest massacres perpetrated by the Israeli occupation forces during its war on Gaza, which resulted in the deaths of 274 Palestinians and the injury of 814 others in a single day. The film relies on open-source data, supported by exclusive field testimonies and previously unseen images captured by journalists and eyewitnesses, which were analysed by the Network's Sanad verification agency. The evidence revealed, one year after the massacre, what the Israeli occupation forces had concealed during the operation,which they described at the time as a successful rescue of the captives. Using a meticulous analytical approach, the film explains the true nature of the events by linking satellite imagery and aerial navigation data, monitoring Israeli troop movements and preemptive deployment. Through which, it demonstrates that the operation was not random, but rather part of a systematic plan that relied on the use of excessive force and intensive airstrikes to target civilians during five massacres in different locations. Al Jazeera 360 includes an exclusive recording from inside Gaza as well as eyewitness accounts from survivors. The details provided refute the Israeli occupation forces' narrative by revealing a comprehensive picture of the atrocities committed against Palestinian civilians in Gaza. It is particularly significant considering Israel's cover up attempts by deleting the evidence and altering narratives. The film documented what happened on the second floor of the Maqdad family's home, after footage was deleted from an Israeli soldiers' helmet recordings. Additionally, for the first time, the documentary film provides exclusive documentation of the bombing of the Shalat family home, which killed more than 30 people. The investigative film, 'Nuseirat 274: The Hostage Massacre', highlights the extent of violence and destruction perpetrated by the Israeli occupation forces against civilians in the Nuseirat neighbourhood of Gaza, and the targeting of women and children. Since the filming of this investigation, Ahmed Elshayyah, one of the journalists who helped produce the film, was killed by an Israeli air strike in Gaza. 'Nuseirat 274: The Hostage Massacre' will be available for unrestricted viewing on Al Jazeera 360 with English subtitles, from Thursday, 3 July 2025. Click here to watch the promo.
