Nine days of horror as Israel steps up offensive on exhausted northern Gaza

Oct 29, 2024 | Guardian, News

With families too worn out to flee yet again, the death toll in recent strikes is nearing 300

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Israel’s recent offensive in northern Gaza has claimed more than 700 lives in a little over three weeks, with nearly 300 deaths, mainly in the north, in the past nine days alone. While it has attempted to justify its renewed focus on the north by claiming it is targeting regrouped Hamas fighters, the intensity of the fighting has caused heavy losses on the 100,000 civilians still living there. Many of them are families, exhausted by Israel’s multiple forced displacement orders, who have chosen to stay in the north.

The Israeli military has repeatedly struck shelters for displaced people across Gaza, saying it is carrying out precise strikes targeting Palestinian militants and has tried to avoid harming civilians. The strikes have often killed women and children. These are the reported deaths in the past nine days:

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