Early on Monday, an Israeli airstrike on a displacement tent in the central Gaza Strip resulted in the deaths of dozens of people who were seeking shelter as displaced Palestinians, as the airstrike caused a fire, which resulted in people being burned alive.
Gory scenes from the school-turned-shelter in Deir al-Balah were shared online, showing individuals caught in the inferno as rescuers struggled to pull them out amid the blaze.
The Palestinian Red Crescent said 28 people were killed, while 54 where injured.
Elsewhere in the Gaza Strip on Monday, Palestinian medics said that at least 10 people were killed and at least 30 injured in Israeli airstrikes on a food distribution centre in the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza, with casualties including women and children.
Israeli forces have for 10 days now carried out a renewed ground offensive in Jabalia, devastating the camp and killing at least 300 people, while not allowing anyone to enter or leave.
Palestinians there say they are being subjected to a ‘war of annihilation’.
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On the Lebanon-Israel front, the Israeli military is reeling following a large-scale drone attack by Hezbollah on Sunday night which killed at least four soldiers and injured 70 others. The military says it is one of the deadliest attack on its forces since fighting with Hezbollah began more than a year ago.
At the border, fighting continues between Hezbollah and the Israeli forces, with Hezbollah pushing back against invading troops and firing a large salvo of rockets into northern and central Israel.
The Israeli military continues to launch airstrikes in south Lebanon and the eastern Beqaa region, with a cautious calm prevailing over Beirut’s heavily hit southern suburbs for days now.
