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Palestinians survey damage after the Israeli military targeted Al-Mawasi, Gaza on January 2, 2025.
"Israel continues to bomb Gaza and restrict essential supplies from entering the strip," said the emergency coordinator of Doctors Without Borders.
Israeli forces early Thursday carried out another attack on a so-called humanitarian "safe zone" in southern Gaza, killing at least 11 people—including three children—as the assault on the Palestinian enclave raged with no end in sight.
Reutersreported that at least 15 people were also wounded in the attack on Al-Mawasi, an overcrowded tent city on Gaza's southern coast that Israel has repeatedly bombed. In one case late last year, the Israeli military used 2,000-pound bombs supplied by the United States to attack the camp filled with displaced families.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed in a social media post that it carried out the strike on the designated humanitarian zone, claiming it targeted Hassam Shahwan, whom the IDF described as the head of Hamas Internal Security Forces in southern Gaza.
Video footage shows people attempting to put out fires at the scene with buckets of water:
Un ataque del ejército israelí mata al menos a 11 personas y provoca 15 heridos en #Gaza.
El ataque se produjo de madrugada en la en la zona humanitaria de Al Mawasi. Entre los fallecidos hay 4 menores y dos mujeres.#DWNoticias / ajr pic.twitter.com/LCKci8IZsg
— DW Español (@dw_espanol) January 2, 2025
Thursday's attack underscored humanitarian aid groups' warning that nowhere is truly safe for Gazans as Israeli forces carry out deadly airstrikes across the besieged enclave. Al Jazeera reported early Thursday that in addition to the IDF's attack on Al-Mawasi, "there has been a significant escalation of strikes in central Gaza."
"Palestinians are mourning those killed in an Israeli strike on civilians in the suburb of central Deir el-Balah city," the outlet reported. "The bodies—shredded into pieces—have been brought to Al-Aqsa Hospital."
"In northern Gaza," Al Jazeera added, "seven civilians were killed in Jabalia following an Israeli attack. In the Shati refugee camp, reports are emerging of three people killed in an attack at the central market."
Israel's incessant bombing is fueling a devastating humanitarian crisis worsened by falling temperatures. At least six Palestinian children—including several who were living in makeshift shelters in Al-Mawasi—have died of hypothermia in recent days.
"Last winter—although people were already displaced and the conditions were harsh—there were still some buildings to take shelter in," Pascale Coissard, emergency coordinator at Doctors Without Borders, said Thursday. "Today, after 14 months of war and destruction of infrastructure, most of the people in Gaza are living in tents that barely isolate the cold wind and rain. Just in the past 12 hours, the rain hasn't stopped."
"Even before their lives have started outside the womb, babies are at risk of disease and death," Coissard added. "Once born, babies face immediate and extreme challenges: displaced in the cold of winter, without adequate access to warmth, shelter, or healthcare, as Israel continues to bomb Gaza and restrict essential supplies from entering the strip, while looting of aid trucks within the enclave is making it difficult for that small amount of aid allowed by Israeli authorities to reach those in need."
CNNnoted earlier this week that "the cold weather has not only claimed the lives of children."
"On Friday, the health ministry said a nurse was found dead in his tent in Al-Mawasi on Friday due to severe cold," the outlet reported.
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Israeli forces early Thursday carried out another attack on a so-called humanitarian "safe zone" in southern Gaza, killing at least 11 people—including three children—as the assault on the Palestinian enclave raged with no end in sight.
Reutersreported that at least 15 people were also wounded in the attack on Al-Mawasi, an overcrowded tent city on Gaza's southern coast that Israel has repeatedly bombed. In one case late last year, the Israeli military used 2,000-pound bombs supplied by the United States to attack the camp filled with displaced families.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed in a social media post that it carried out the strike on the designated humanitarian zone, claiming it targeted Hassam Shahwan, whom the IDF described as the head of Hamas Internal Security Forces in southern Gaza.
Video footage shows people attempting to put out fires at the scene with buckets of water:
Un ataque del ejército israelí mata al menos a 11 personas y provoca 15 heridos en #Gaza.
El ataque se produjo de madrugada en la en la zona humanitaria de Al Mawasi. Entre los fallecidos hay 4 menores y dos mujeres.#DWNoticias / ajr pic.twitter.com/LCKci8IZsg
— DW Español (@dw_espanol) January 2, 2025
Thursday's attack underscored humanitarian aid groups' warning that nowhere is truly safe for Gazans as Israeli forces carry out deadly airstrikes across the besieged enclave. Al Jazeera reported early Thursday that in addition to the IDF's attack on Al-Mawasi, "there has been a significant escalation of strikes in central Gaza."
"Palestinians are mourning those killed in an Israeli strike on civilians in the suburb of central Deir el-Balah city," the outlet reported. "The bodies—shredded into pieces—have been brought to Al-Aqsa Hospital."
"In northern Gaza," Al Jazeera added, "seven civilians were killed in Jabalia following an Israeli attack. In the Shati refugee camp, reports are emerging of three people killed in an attack at the central market."
Israel's incessant bombing is fueling a devastating humanitarian crisis worsened by falling temperatures. At least six Palestinian children—including several who were living in makeshift shelters in Al-Mawasi—have died of hypothermia in recent days.
"Last winter—although people were already displaced and the conditions were harsh—there were still some buildings to take shelter in," Pascale Coissard, emergency coordinator at Doctors Without Borders, said Thursday. "Today, after 14 months of war and destruction of infrastructure, most of the people in Gaza are living in tents that barely isolate the cold wind and rain. Just in the past 12 hours, the rain hasn't stopped."
"Even before their lives have started outside the womb, babies are at risk of disease and death," Coissard added. "Once born, babies face immediate and extreme challenges: displaced in the cold of winter, without adequate access to warmth, shelter, or healthcare, as Israel continues to bomb Gaza and restrict essential supplies from entering the strip, while looting of aid trucks within the enclave is making it difficult for that small amount of aid allowed by Israeli authorities to reach those in need."
CNNnoted earlier this week that "the cold weather has not only claimed the lives of children."
"On Friday, the health ministry said a nurse was found dead in his tent in Al-Mawasi on Friday due to severe cold," the outlet reported.
Israeli forces early Thursday carried out another attack on a so-called humanitarian "safe zone" in southern Gaza, killing at least 11 people—including three children—as the assault on the Palestinian enclave raged with no end in sight.
Reutersreported that at least 15 people were also wounded in the attack on Al-Mawasi, an overcrowded tent city on Gaza's southern coast that Israel has repeatedly bombed. In one case late last year, the Israeli military used 2,000-pound bombs supplied by the United States to attack the camp filled with displaced families.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed in a social media post that it carried out the strike on the designated humanitarian zone, claiming it targeted Hassam Shahwan, whom the IDF described as the head of Hamas Internal Security Forces in southern Gaza.
Video footage shows people attempting to put out fires at the scene with buckets of water:
Un ataque del ejército israelí mata al menos a 11 personas y provoca 15 heridos en #Gaza.
El ataque se produjo de madrugada en la en la zona humanitaria de Al Mawasi. Entre los fallecidos hay 4 menores y dos mujeres.#DWNoticias / ajr pic.twitter.com/LCKci8IZsg
— DW Español (@dw_espanol) January 2, 2025
Thursday's attack underscored humanitarian aid groups' warning that nowhere is truly safe for Gazans as Israeli forces carry out deadly airstrikes across the besieged enclave. Al Jazeera reported early Thursday that in addition to the IDF's attack on Al-Mawasi, "there has been a significant escalation of strikes in central Gaza."
"Palestinians are mourning those killed in an Israeli strike on civilians in the suburb of central Deir el-Balah city," the outlet reported. "The bodies—shredded into pieces—have been brought to Al-Aqsa Hospital."
"In northern Gaza," Al Jazeera added, "seven civilians were killed in Jabalia following an Israeli attack. In the Shati refugee camp, reports are emerging of three people killed in an attack at the central market."
Israel's incessant bombing is fueling a devastating humanitarian crisis worsened by falling temperatures. At least six Palestinian children—including several who were living in makeshift shelters in Al-Mawasi—have died of hypothermia in recent days.
"Last winter—although people were already displaced and the conditions were harsh—there were still some buildings to take shelter in," Pascale Coissard, emergency coordinator at Doctors Without Borders, said Thursday. "Today, after 14 months of war and destruction of infrastructure, most of the people in Gaza are living in tents that barely isolate the cold wind and rain. Just in the past 12 hours, the rain hasn't stopped."
"Even before their lives have started outside the womb, babies are at risk of disease and death," Coissard added. "Once born, babies face immediate and extreme challenges: displaced in the cold of winter, without adequate access to warmth, shelter, or healthcare, as Israel continues to bomb Gaza and restrict essential supplies from entering the strip, while looting of aid trucks within the enclave is making it difficult for that small amount of aid allowed by Israeli authorities to reach those in need."
CNNnoted earlier this week that "the cold weather has not only claimed the lives of children."
"On Friday, the health ministry said a nurse was found dead in his tent in Al-Mawasi on Friday due to severe cold," the outlet reported.