Nearly 66 Palestinians were killed and around 100 more injured on the second day of Eid al-Adha in Israeli forces’ airstrikes and gunfire in several areas of the Gaza Strip that began early Saturday morning, according to Palestinian sources.
According to Aljazeera News, Gaza’s Civil Defence tells Al Jazeera at least 15 people were killed and 50 wounded in an Israeli attack on Gaza City’s Sabra, describing the event as a “full-fledged massacre”.
Israeli forces kill at least eight Palestinians waiting near aid point in al-Akhawah, near Rafah, bringing the number of people killed seeking aid since the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation began operations to 118.
Medical sources told Anadolu that at least 15 Palestinians, including six children, were killed and over 50 others injured when Israeli warplanes struck a residential home with two missiles in the Sabra neighborhood in Gaza City.
Rescue teams on the ground fear that the death toll will rise to more than 30, as many people are still missing and possibly trapped under the rubble.
Twelve people, including four members of a single family, were killed and over 40 others wounded in Israeli shelling that targeted tents sheltering displaced Palestinians west of Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip.
Seven more Palestinians were killed in an Israeli airstrike that targeted a house sheltering displaced people west of Gaza City.
Two Palestinians were killed when Israeli artillery targeted a group of civilians in the Al-Saftawi neighborhood of northern Gaza.
Three others were killed in an airstrike targeting a civilian gathering in the Abu Shrekh area, west of Jabalia refugee camp.
Another three Palestinians, including a child, were killed in a separate strike on a house near the Al-Mujayda station in the same area.
Separately, six Palestinians were shot dead by Israeli forces near an aid distribution center west of Rafah. Several others were injured.
The total number of Palestinians killed by Israeli gunfire while trying to access humanitarian aid since May 27 has risen to 115, with more than 580 wounded and nine still missing, according to a tally by Anadolu based on Palestinian sources.
On Friday, the first day of Eid al-Adha alone, 36 Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes and shelling across several areas of the Gaza Strip.
Eight arrested
Moreover, eight Palestinians were arrested in Hebron district, Wafa news agency reported.
Five of them were detained near a water spring in Nahalin Town, west of Bethelem. Two brothers were arrested by Israeli soldiers while tending to livestock near their home, and another person was arrested from Ash-Shuyukh Town, northeast of Hebron.
Famine threat
Meanwhile, health sources and aid agencies have warned of imminent threats to Gaza’s health system and food supply in the enclave, Al Jazeera reported. The latter have warned that all residents in Gaza face the threat of famine after Israel imposed a severe blockade in March, blocking the entry of food, medicine and fuel.
Succumbing to international pressure, Israel allowed some aid to enter Gaza last month but operations were halted at aid distribution hubs earlier this week after Israeli forces opened fire near the sites.
Health services in Gaza are also at risk of collapsing. World Health Organization Director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has warned that Nasser Hospital and Al-Amal Hospital in southern Gaza are “at risk of becoming non-functional”.
On X Ghebreyesus wrote, “Gaza’s health system is collapsing, with Nasser Medical Complex — the most important referral hospital left — and Al-Amal Hospital at risk of becoming non-functional”.
Without Nasser Medical Complex and Al-Amal Hospital people will lose access to health services, he added.
#Gaza’s health system is collapsing, with Nasser Medical Complex — the most important referral hospital left — and Al-Amal Hospital at risk of becoming non-functional. Without them, people will lose access to health services.
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— Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (@DrTedros) June 6, 2025
Although the two hospitals lie within or just outside the evacuation zone announced on June 2, Israeli authorities have informed that access routes leading to both hospitals will be obstructed, said Ghebreyesus, adding that consequently, safe access for new patients and staff will be difficult if not impossible.
“The hospitals going out of service would have dire consequences for patients in need of surgical care, intensive care, blood bank and transfusion services, cancer care, and dialysis.” Ghebreyesus said the “relentless and systematic decimation of hospitals in Gaza has been going on for too long. It must end immediately”. He reiterated WHO’s calls for the release of hostages, and an immediate and lasting ceasefire.
