Israel destroys rocket launchers in northern Gaza and attacks militants

The Israeli Army dismantled yesterday, December 12, 2024, a rocket launcher system in the Beit Lahia areain the north of the Gaza Strip, and attacked a cell of armed militiamen who were approaching the troops in Rafah, in the south of the enclave, according to a military statement.

The system, made up of three underground rocket launchers, was directed against communities in southern Israel, Israeli forces explained. In the area, soldiers also found several weapons.

Beit Lahia is one of the towns most devastated by the new Israeli offensive in northern Gaza, which began in early October and has already claimed the lives of more than 3,000 people, according to the authorities of the enclave, controlled by the Islamist group. Hamas.

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The siege has left thousands of Gazans trapped and with little access to the humanitarian aid they depend on to survive. in a territory devastated after more than a year of war.

The emergency services of the Gaza Civil Defense, which had to suspend their operations in the north of the enclave due to the constant bombings by Israel, announced this morning that one of their teams began operating yesterday in Jabalia (between Gaza City and Beit Lahia ), after managing to equip a fire truck with rescue material.

“The Civil Defense took this step despite the great risks that threaten the lives of its teams”the organization said in a statement. The team is made up of displaced workers from the north of the Strip.

Meanwhile, in southern Gaza, the Israeli air force yesterday attacked a group of militiamen who were “approaching the troops,” according to this morning’s statement. Soldiers also located tunnels and killed several Palestinian fighters.

Since the war began more than a year ago, at least 44,835 people have been killed and 106,356 injured in Israeli attacks on the territory, according to the latest figures from health authorities.

33 dead in Israeli attack on central Gaza

At least 33 people were killed and more than 80 injured on Thursday night, December 12, in an Israeli bombing of the Nuseirat refugee camp.in the center of the Gaza Strip, confirmed the Gazan health authorities.

In a statement, the government of the enclave, controlled by the Islamist group Hamas, said that the majority of The victims belonged to the same family, and that Israel knew in advance that in the attacked area there were numerous housing blocks where dozens of civilians were staying.

Asked by the EFE news agency, The Israeli Army assured that its attack was directed against a senior official of the Islamic Jihad, who was hiding in the areaand that after the bombing secondary explosions were detected that “probably damaged a nearby building” due to the “presence of numerous weapons in the structure.”

The Army also said it is “examining” reports on the number of casualties.

According to local sources, a post office building and several nearby buildings were affected in the bombing. Most of the victims are women and children.

The Foreign Ministry of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA), which governs small parts of the occupied West Bank, condemned the Israeli attack and said it considers it a “direct result of the failure of the international community to implement its decisions” on the conflict.

In addition, the ministry regretted that the Israeli attacks against the north of the enclave, subjected to a harsh siege since the beginning of October, “aim to end Palestinian life in the Strip as a deliberate policy that has nothing to do with the concept of self-defense or security, but is part of the framework of undermining any opportunity to establish the Palestinian State and transforming the Palestinian question into a population issue that needs aid programs.

The ministry blamed the international community for not stopping the war and called for UN resolutions to be implemented.

Since the war began more than a year ago, at least 44,835 people have been killed and 106,356 injured in Gaza, according to the latest figures from health authorities.

At least 1,410 Palestinian families have been completely erased from the register due to the death of all their members, according to data published on Sunday by Gazan authorities.

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