Dozens killed in Israeli airstrikes as calls grow for lasting ceasefire

The Gaza health ministry said yesterday that at least 24 people were killed by Israeli bombardment in the Jabaliya camp in the north, and another 12 had died from bombings in the central city of Deir al-Balaha.

- Bethan McKernan

There are growing signs that civil order is breaking down. Yesterday, dozens of people stopped and raided lorries carrying aid after the vehicles entered Gaza through the Rafah crossing with Egypt.

Israeli attacks have displaced 85% of the population, while food, water, fuel, and electricity remain scarce. Aid deliveries through the Kerem Shalom crossing with Israel resumed yesterday for the first time since the war broke out, although aid agencies have warned that even an expected doubling of the number entering each day – currently 100 trucks – remained a fraction of what was needed to alleviate the humanitarian crisis.

Al Jazeera broadcast footage from the churned-up grounds of the Kamal Adwan hospital in Beit Lahia in the north of Gaza, where it said injured and displaced people had been crushed by Israeli tanks on Saturday. At least two bodies could be seen in the rubble and earth. The Israeli army said it had discovered weapons and arrested 80 Hamas fighters at the hospital, without providing evidence.