Israeli strike kills Palestinian motorcyclist in Gaza City, child injured

Separate attacks hit two central refugee camps in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, causing significant casualties and further straining an already overwhelmed humanitarian response. Israeli forces reported airstrikes on the Al-Maghazi and Jabalia camps, while Palestinian officials said the assaults resulted in dozens of deaths and hundreds of injuries among displaced families who had been sheltering there since the start of the conflict in October. The strikes occurred amid intensified fighting in the northern sector, and both sides exchanged accusations of targeting civilian infrastructure. Local health workers, many of whom are operating out of makeshift clinics, struggled to provide emergency care as medical supplies dwindled.

In the wake of the bombings, Gaza’s health ministry warned that the territory’s health sector is on the brink of total collapse. The ministry cited the loss of critical facilities, a shortage of oxygen and medications, and the incapacitation of dozens of doctors and nurses killed or injured in recent attacks. International agencies, including the World Health Organization and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, called for immediate humanitarian corridors to deliver aid and for an end to hostilities that jeopardize civilian lives. Officials stressed that without swift intervention, the capacity to treat the wounded and prevent disease outbreaks could deteriorate irreversibly, compounding the humanitarian crisis in the enclave.