Jerusalem/Gaza City, (EFE).- On the 77th Anniversary of the Nakba, Israeli airstrikes intensified across the Gaza Strip, killing at least 114 people in one of the deadliest days of the war.
The bombardments heavily targeted Khan Younis in southern Gaza, where over 50 people were reported dead by early morning.
Among the victims was journalist Ahmed Al Helou, killed alongside his brother, raising the number of reporters killed in Gaza 10 217 since October.
“Our colleague was targeted in western Khan Younis,” confirmed Quds News Network.
While the international community marked Nakba Day, Palestinian families relived their historical trauma under new waves of displacement and destruction.
Hospitals under siege
Israeli strikes damaged key health facilities in both the north and south of Gaza.
Al-Qarara clinic in Khan Younis was forced to halt operations after its first floor suffered significant structural damage.
The European Hospital was also put out of service following an Israeli strike on Wednesday.
In the north, air raids hit the Indonesian Hospital in Beit Lahia and Al Awda Hospital in Jabalia.
“We just finished repairs a week ago, and now we have to start again,” said Dr. Mohammed Salha, current director of Al Awda.
At the Indonesian Hospital, Dr. Iyas Al Bursh reported that an explosion nearly collapsed the ICU ceiling on a child.
Overcrowding has become critical, with 40 patients occupying spaces meant for 20. Doctors warn that fuel, food, and medical supply blockades are pushing hospitals to the brink.
Miss displacement intensifies
The humanitarian crisis deepened as Israel ordered evacuations in Gaza City’s Rimal district, home to schools, universities, and makeshift shelters.
Though the evacuation order for Al Shifa Hospital was later, revoked, the United Nation estimates that 100,000 people were affected by recent orders.
According to OCHA, more than 430,000 people have been displaced since the ceasefire collapsed in March.
Many had previously returned to northern Gaza in hopes of rebuilding, only to be forced to flee once more. “The situation is deteriorating beyond comprehension,” said Mahmoud Basal of Gaza’s Civil Defense.
Nakba commemorations met with protest and defiance
In the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, thousands marched to commemorate Nakba Day and protest ongoing Israeli action in Gaza. “Our people are enduring a catastrophe even more painful than in 1948,” said Mahmoud Al Aloul, vice president of Fatah.
The march was organized by Palestinian refugee and civil society groups, with participation from the PLO and government ministers.
Sirens rang for 77 seconds in memory of the 77 years since the mass displacement of 700,000 Palestinians during the 1948 war.
Demonstrations also took place near Tel Aviv University, where 200 Palestinian and Israeli students defied government threats to protest.
“In the shadow of genocide in Gaza and systematic silencing of dissent, we must raise the voice of the Palestinian people,” said student organizers in a statement to Haaretz.
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