By Nidal al-Mughrabi
CAIRO (Reuters) -Israeli planes dropped leaflets over southern Gaza on Saturday displaying an image of the useless Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar with the message that “Hamas will now not rule Gaza”, echoing language utilized by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The transfer got here as Israeli army strikes killed at the least 35 folks throughout the Gaza Strip and its forces tightened a siege round hospitals in Jabalia within the north of the enclave, Palestinian well being officers stated.
“Whoever drops the weapon and fingers over the hostages will probably be allowed to go away and stay in peace,” the leaflet, written in Arabic, learn, in response to residents of the southern metropolis of Khan Younis and pictures circulating on-line.
The leaflet’s wording was from a press release by Netanyahu on Thursday after Sinwar was killed by Israeli troopers working in Rafah, within the south close to the Egyptian border, on Wednesday.
The Oct. 7 assault Sinwar deliberate on Israeli communities a 12 months in the past killed round 1,200 folks, with one other 253 dragged again to Gaza as hostages, in response to Israeli tallies.
Israel’s subsequent struggle has devastated Gaza, killing greater than 42,500 Palestinians, with one other 10,000 uncounted useless thought to lie below the rubble, Gaza well being authorities say.
Within the central Gaza Strip camp of Al-Maghzai, an Israeli strike on a home killed 11 folks, whereas one other strike on the close by camp of Nuseirat killed 4 others.
5 different folks had been killed in two separate strikes within the south Gaza cities of Khan Younis and Rafah, medics stated, whereas seven Palestinians had been killed within the Shati camp within the northern Gaza Strip.
In a while Saturday, an Israeli strike killed three Palestinians in Nuseirat in central Gaza, medics stated.
Late on Friday, medics stated 33 folks, principally ladies and kids, had been killed and 85 others had been wounded in Israeli strikes that destroyed at the least three homes in Jabalia.
The Israeli army stated it was unaware of that incident.
It stated forces had been persevering with operations towards Hamas throughout the enclave, killing a number of gunmen in Rafah and Jabalia and dismantling army infrastructure. Palestinian medics stated 5 folks had been killed in Jabalia on Saturday.
EVACUATION ORDERS
Residents and medics stated Israeli forces had tightened their siege on Jabalia, the most important of the enclave’s eight historic camps, which it encircled by additionally sending tanks to close by cities of Beit Hanoun and Beit Lahiya and issuing evacuation orders to residents.
Israeli officers stated evacuation orders had been geared toward separating Hamas fighters from civilians and denied that there was any systematic plan to clear civilians out of Jabalia or different northern areas.
In Jabalia, residents stated Israeli military forces besieged a number of shelters housing displaced households earlier than they stormed them and detained dozens of males. Footage circulated on social media, which Reuters couldn’t instantly confirm, confirmed dozens of Palestinian males sitting on the bottom subsequent to a tank, whereas others had been led by a soldier to a gathering website.
Residents and medical officers stated Israeli forces had been bombing homes and besieging hospitals, stopping medical and meals provides from getting into to drive them to go away the camp.
Well being officers stated they refused orders by the Israeli military to evacuate the hospital or go away the sufferers, many in a crucial situation, unattended.
“The Israeli occupation is intensifying its focusing on of the well being system within the northern Gaza Strip, by besieging and straight focusing on the Indonesian Hospital, Kamal Adwan Hospital, and Al-Awda Hospital through the previous hours and its insistence on placing them out of service,” the Gaza well being ministry stated.
It stated two sufferers in intensive care on the Indonesian Hospital died “on account of the hospital’s siege and the ability outage and medical provides”.
Israel’s army stated the troops working within the space had been “briefed on the significance of mitigating hurt to civilians and medical infrastructure”.
“It’s emphasised that the hospital continues to function with out disruption and in full capability, and there was no intentional hearth directed at it,” it stated.
(Reporting and writing by Nidal al-Mughrabi. Further reporting by Ali Sawafta and Maayan Lubell, writing by Ahmed Tolba; Enhancing by Toby Chopra, Alison Williams and Andrew Heavens)
