Israeli airstrikes wiped out Gaza's main COVID-19 testing center. Airstrikes have also hit at least 6 other hospitals and NGO trauma clinics — and others are running out of medicine due to the blockade.
At least 212 Palestinians have been killed including 61 children.
Israel's airstrikes in Gaza have have damaged or destroyed at least 40 schools, says the UN.
300+ homes have been "rendered uninhabitable" — attacks rights groups say may be war crimes.
Gaza has no bomb shelters, and many displaced Palestinians are sheltering in UN schools.
Israel closed a humanitarian crossing into occupied Gaza just hours after opening it.
Gaza is under blockade amid Israeli airstrikes, trapping its population of 2 million. Airstrikes have hit at least:
▪️ 15 hospitals/health centers
▪️ 40 schools
▪️ 1 water desalination plant
At least 47,000 Palestinians in occupied Gaza are estimated to be sheltering at UN schools.
Nearly 450 buildings have been destroyed or damaged and over 50,000 people have been displaced since Israel's bombardment of Gaza started.
Thousands have been left homeless, says the UN.
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Israel launched new airstrikes in occupied Gaza on Thursday, killing at least 1 person and hospitalizing entire families.
Airstrikes have killed at least 230 Palestinians, including 65 children. On Wednesday, a strike killed a man, his pregnant wife and their 3-year-old child.
The WHO appealed for Israel to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza, including #COVID19 vaccines, as hospitals face medical shortages.
Israeli airstrikes have hit at least 6 hospitals and destroyed roads leading to them. Israel has only allowed 5 trucks of aid to enter this week.
The WHO says occupied Gaza is facing a "public health crisis" after 11 days of Israeli airstrikes:
▪️ 24 health facilities damaged
▪️ 3 water plants out of service
▪️ Hospitals facing fuel/power shortages
▪️ At least 230 killed, incl. 65 children
▪️ Over 1,700 people wounded
Palestinians are on strike in the occupied West Bank, East Jerusalem and in Israeli towns to protest Israel's attacks on Gaza and "against the apartheid regime."
Israel's airstrikes have killed over 200 Palestinians, including at least 61 children.
Israeli police fired tear gas at Palestinians protesting in occupied East Jerusalem, arresting several.
Palestinians are on strike to protest Israeli occupation and attacks in Gaza. One said: "Any day they choose not to work, it almost disables the country."
Israeli airstrikes in Gaza have killed at least 198 Palestinians — about 1 in 3 were children.
42 people were killed on Sunday. One man lost his wife and 4 of 5 children: "I heard my son Zain calling: 'Daddy, daddy…' I couldn't turn to look at him because I was trapped."
Israel's attacks in occupied Gaza have displaced 38,000 Palestinians, says the UN. Airstrikes have destroyed residential buildings, leaving at least 2,500 people homeless.
Many have nowhere to go — there are no bomb shelters. "There is no safety in the city."
Israel bombed the main road leading to Gaza's biggest hospital. The health system is already near collapse due to Israel's blockade.
Doctors say some wounded are coming in missing limbs, including children. A health official said: "They are targeting mainly civilians."
Today is #NakbaDay, marking 73 years since Palestinians were forcibly removed from their homes during Israel's creation.
750,000 Palestinians were expelled from their towns and villages in 1948, most becoming refugees as 78% of Palestine was turned into Israel.
There are over 5 million Palestinian refugees registered with the UN. About one third live in refugee camps.
Groups say:
▪️ Housing conditions are often "abysmal"
▪️ Limited access to medicine, infrastructure
▪️ Most refugees live in poverty due to lack of work rights
73 years after the #Nakba, Israel continues to displace Palestinians.
In 2020, Israel displaced 1,000+ Palestinians with home demolitions in the occupied West Bank. It routinely denies building permits to Palestinians.
In 2021, demolitions have made 460+ Palestinians homeless.
BREAKING: The jury has found Derek Chauvin guilty of all murder and manslaughter charges for the police killing of #GeorgeFloyd.
He faces a maximum 75 years in prison.
After Derek Chauvin was convicted for the murder of #GeorgeFloyd, people are thanking Darnella Frazier — the teenager who filmed the police killing:
Crowds gathered at George Floyd square in Minneapolis and outside the courthouse chanted “All three counts!” and applauded and wept after Derek Chauvin was convicted on all charges in the murder trial of #GeorgeFloyd.