At least 25 people have died in Gaza since the beginning of 2025 due to Israeli attacks, the Civil Defense of the Palestinian territory announced on Wednesday, where bad weather aggravates a critical humanitarian situation after more than a year of war.
“While the world celebrates the New Year, we welcome 2025 with the first Israeli massacre in the Gaza Strip,” declared Civil Defense spokesman Mahmoud Basal.
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It was barely past midnight when an attack Israeli in a house in Jabaliya, in the north of the enclave, left, according to the spokesperson, 15 dead and more than 20 injured among the Badra, Abu Warda and Tarush families, all displaced.
“The house was completely destroyed by two missiles fired by a fighter plane. “Several people are still under the rubble,” said a rescuer, Mohamad, who did not give his last name.
“We are still trying to remove bodies and wounded people from under the rubble. The house is nothing more than a pile of ruins,” said Jibri Abu Warda, 35 years old and close to several of the victims.
“It was a massacre, there are children and women in pieces,” he added. “No one knows why the house was attacked, there were only civilians,” he said.
Gazan rescuers later indicated that another ten Palestinians were killed in two bombings in Khan Younis, in the south of the enclave, and in Gaza City, in the north.
The Israeli army, which at the moment did not comment on these two attacks, began a broad ground and air offensive in northern Gaza on October 6, especially in Jabaliya, with the objective, it said, of preventing movement fighters from regrouping. Palestinian Islamist Hamas.
What has the conflict left in Gaza?
The conflict in Gaza began on October 7, 2023 with the Hamas attack on Israeli territory, which left 1,208 dead, mostly civilians, according to a balance based on official figures.
The Israeli retaliatory military campaign has left at least 45,553 dead in the Gaza Strip, mostly civilians, according to a balance provided by the Gaza Ministry of Health, governed by Hamas and that the UN considers reliable.
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