At least 19 Palestinians were killed in the Israeli occupation army's attacks on the Gaza Strip on Monday, 13 of them in the northern part of the Strip, where the occupation tanks penetrated to cut off the path of about 100 thousand Palestinians there, in conjunction with its continued aggression on hospitals in northern Gaza.

The Gaza Health Ministry said at least 19 people were killed in Israeli air strikes and shelling today, 13 of them in the north of the devastated coastal enclave.

In an updated census of the number of victims of the Israeli aggression, the ministry said today that the ongoing Israeli attacks since October 7, 2023 have resulted in the martyrdom of more than 43,020 Palestinians and the injury of 101,110, with the destruction of most of the densely populated Strip.

For its part, the Palestinian Civil Defense reported that about 100,000 people were stranded in Jabalia, Beit Lahia and Beit Hanoun, and were left without medical or food supplies, adding that its operations had stopped due to the renewed Israeli attack on northern Gaza three weeks ago.

For its part, the Israeli occupation army claimed that "the operations aim to eliminate militants from the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) who are reorganizing their ranks."

The occupation army added - in a statement today - that its soldiers "arrested about 100 suspected Hamas members during a raid on Kamal Adwan Hospital in Jabalia camp, including dozens who tried to flee the hospital when the forces entered. Combat equipment, money allocated to finance terrorist activities, and intelligence documents were found."

But Hamas and medics denied Israeli allegations that there were any militants in the hospital.

Running out of medicine and fuel

Meanwhile, the three hospitals in northern Gaza, whose officials refused to comply with Israeli military orders to evacuate them, said they were “almost non-functional.” At least two of them had been damaged by Israeli shelling, and stocks of medicine, food and fuel had run out.

Only one pediatrician remained at Kamal Adwan Hospital, which has a staff of about 70, after Israel "arrested and deported them," the health ministry in Gaza said Monday.

Last week, at least one doctor, one nurse and two sick children died in these hospitals due to lack of treatment.

Source: Al Jazeera