Israel is continuing its military assault on the Gaza Strip. The Palestinian news agency Ma’an reports five people have been killed today and at least 38 on Thursday, including three senior Hamas military commanders. Since the offensive began six weeks ago, at least 2,087 Palestinians have died, the majority civilians, while 67 people have died on the Israeli side, all but three of them soldiers. The renewed strikes have sent residents of Gaza fleeing to U.N. shelters yet again after some had returned to shattered neighborhoods.
Amal Ladiyali: “Every day, there are people — men, women, elderly and children — getting killed. Everybody. They mock us by giving us a bit of food to distract us. They are killing us and burying us at the same time.”
There are reports Hamas militants have executed 18 Palestinians accused of being collaborators with Israel, including seven reportedly killed in a public square.
