Bloody Sunday: Over 20 deaths in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip

Bloody Sunday: Over 20 deaths in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip

Gazastreifen, PALÄSTINA - In the Gaza Strip, persistent attacks by the Israeli army have led to a devastating humanitarian Situation. Since the early morning hours of Sunday, July 13, 2025, Palestinian sources of more than 20 dead report, while medical circles speak of at least 21 victims. The Palestinian news agency Wafa even reports 27 deaths, including minors. Attacks were committed to a family house in Nuseirrat, where ten people died, as well as a water distribution center that resulted in eight deaths, including six children. The identity of the victims is still unknown, while the al-AWDA clinic recorded 16 injuries. vienna.at can be checked independently.

According to the reporting of the Wafa news agency, the Israeli government is convinced that these attacks are necessary to fight the terrorist organization Hamas. Critics, on the other hand, accuse the Israeli government of selling the Palestinian population with its military measures and wanting to violate international law. In the meantime, the question also arises of the hostages that are dragged on on October 7, 2023, whose release Israel is demanding. Deutschlandfunk Israeli military checks the reports of the attacks.

Humanitarian crisis

The existing fights have catastrophically tightened the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip. The reports stated that thousands of people have to live in provisional tent camps, while the conditions in the Chan Yunis refugee camp are described as particularly alarming. According to current information from the World Health Organization (WHO), important vaccination campaigns, including a campaign against Polio, could not be carried out due to the continuing fights. Class = "Source_3"> SRF reports that security zones for vaccination campaigns are increasingly smaller due to the conflict, which further tightens the situation.

The international community remains required to take into account the humanitarian needs and to create a reliable basis for negotiations on a ceasefire, since the fights continue in different parts of the Gaza Strip.