Afghan Voice Agency (AVA) - Monitoring: Palestinian children in Gaza continue to bear a heavy toll from Israel’s aggression, now in its 16th month.
The Israeli military’s operation that has been ongoing for 100 days in northern Gaza has resulted in 5,000 Palestinians being killed or missing, a medical source has told Al Jazeera.
They added that another 9,500 people were injured in the operation.
Israel’s offensive in the Gaza Strip has killed at least 46,565 Palestinians and injured 109,660 since Oct 7, 2023, the Palestinian enclave’s health ministry said, Reuters reports.
The ministry said 28 Palestinians were killed during the past 24 hours alone.
Israeli occupation forces intensified their restrictions on Sunday at the Tayasir and Hamra military checkpoints in the northern Jordan Valley, leading to severe traffic congestion and hindering the movement of Palestinian citizens, Wafa reports.
Local sources reported that increased restrictions at both checkpoints since the early morning hours caused long traffic delays, obstructing the daily movement of residents.
The Israeli military has been tightening restrictions at these checkpoints for over a year, with frequent closures, but the measures have significantly escalated over the past week.
Earlier on Saturday night, three Palestinians, including a paramedic, were killed as Israeli occupation forces continued their bombardment of various areas in the Gaza Strip, according to local sources, Wafa reports.
Two of the victims, along with several injured individuals, were transferred to Al-Awda Hospital following an artillery strike by Israeli forces targeting residential homes in the Bureij and Nuseirat refugee camps in central Gaza.
Meantime, Israeli military vehicles continued to fire heavily towards the northwestern regions of Gaza City, further escalating the attacks.
In a related incident, paramedic Hasan Al-Kahlout, from the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza, succumbed to his injuries after being wounded in an earlier Israeli airstrike on the northern Gaza region./Dawn News