TEHRAN- The Israeli carnage in northern Gaza shows no signs of abating more than three weeks after the occupying regime launched a new brutal offensive there.

At least 20 people, including women and children, were killed in an Israeli airstrike on residential buildings in Jabalia on Sunday morning.

Jabalia is the largest of the Gaza Strip's eight historic refugee camps which has been the focus of Israel’s fresh offensive in the north of the enclave since October 6. 

More than 40 Palestinians were also killed and dozens of others injured after an Israeli airstrike leveled several buildings in a residential area of Beit Lahiya to the ground on Saturday evening. 

Many people are believed to be missing and under the rubble of destroyed buildings. 

Israel has stepped up its deadly military campaign in northern Gaza under the pretext of removing Hamas from the area. But facts and figures clearly indicate that civilians have fallen victim to the regime’s strikes.  

Israel has killed around 800 Palestinians in the towns of Jabalia, Beit Hanoun and Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza during its three-week offensive and siege, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. 

Palestinian health officials say Israel’s aerial and ground offensive has crippled the healthcare system in northern Gaza. They say the offensive has also blocked medical teams from reaching bombed sites.

Sinister schemes 

Over the past weeks, Israel has ordered Palestinians in northern Gaza to evacuate to “safe zones” in order to avoid being bombed. But whenever they have done so, the Israeli army has opened fire on them. Israel has not only killed Palestinians but also maimed many of them. 

In fact, Israel lures Palestinians into moving to these “safe zones” and then turns them into “death zones”.

Besides, Israel has conducted airstrikes on hospitals in northern Gaza, and its military has stormed these facilities, forcing both medical personnel and patients to evacuate.

Israeli forces caused widespread damage to Kamal Adwan Hospital after bombing and storming it. They have killed people, including children and infants in the hospital.  Dozens of medics and some patients have also been detained. 

The United Nations special rapporteur on health has described the widespread and systematic attacks by Israel on healthcare workers in Gaza as “medicide”.  

Israel has also obstructed the delivery of essentials such as food to northern Gaza over the past weeks. 

Israeli genocide

The UN special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories has said that “the entire population of Gaza is at risk of dying in a genocide that has been announced and executed under our watch”.

Francesca Albanese made the comments on X, formerly known as Twitter, in response to an earlier statement from UN humanitarian chief Joyce Msuya warning that “the entire population of North Gaza is at risk of dying” under Israel’s siege.

Israel has killed nearly 43,000 Palestinians and injured more than 100,000 others since launching war on Gaza in October last year. 

More than a year into the onslaught, the regime is massacring and starving Palestinians in northern Gaza in line with its attempts to carry out an ethnic cleansing plan in the area and pave the way for settlers to move in.