New Israeli airstrikes overnight in central Gaza killed at least 18 people, including children, a day after killing 33 people at a UN-run school housing displaced families, health sources reported Friday.
The Army attacks Israel affected the refugee camps of Noseirat y Maghazi and to the cities of Deir al-Balah y Zawaiyda, according to sources. Hospital records show that the dead included four children and a womanjust like him mayor of the refugee camp by Nuseirat.
The Israeli Army said this Friday that it continues its operations in areas of the central Gaza and that his troops had killed dozens of militiamen, in addition to locating tunnels and destroying infrastructure in the area.
The attacks occurred just one day later that Israel killed at least 33 people at a school run by the UN refugee agency Palestinians, UNRWA, in the camp Noseirat. Israel maintains, without providing evidence, that the site was being used as a Hamas compound.
International pressure increases on Israel in the face of the massacre of civilians and the humanitarian catastrophe
The international pressure about Israel has been increasing to prevent the death of civilians and to promote a ceasefire in Gaza. Eight months of Israeli bombing and ground offensives in the Strip have killed more than 36,000 peoplethe majority women and minors.
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Spain announced on Thursday that the country will join al proceedings of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against Israel for genocide in Gaza. Israel strongly denies the accusation.
The court will take years to issue a ruling, but precautionarily ordered Israel what take measures to prevent genocide y to immediately stop its military offensive in the city of Rafah, although he stopped short of ordering a ceasefire in Gaza. Israel has not complied with the order and shows no signs of doing so.
Spain’s decision seeks to support the court’s investigation and increase pressure on Israel to fulfill the precautionary measures. “Spain does not rule on the crime itself, that is the Court’s job; we intervene in the lawsuit, supporting the court in the interpretation of the precautionary measures and helping it apply it,” said the Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares.
Spain, Ireland y Norway formally recognized a Palestinian state on May 28 in a coordinated effort. Sloveniaa member of the European Union along with Spain and Ireland, did the same and recognized the Palestinian state this week.
The Israeli offensive ha cut to a large extent the food flow, medicines and other supplies for Gazans, who face a widespread hunger. United Nations agencies say that more than a million people in Gaza could experience the highest level of starvation a mid july.
