Israeli forces carry out daily attacks on besieged Gaza as humanitarian conditions worsen amid the war with Iran.
Posted on March 14, 2026
Israel has killed five more Palestinians as its genocidal war in Gaza continues unabated amid a widening regional conflict triggered by joint US-Israeli attacks on Iran two weeks ago.
Sources in Gaza hospitals told Al Jazeera correspondents on the ground on Saturday that the five deaths occurred in Gaza City and Khan Younis overnight on Friday.
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The Israeli army relentlessly attacks Gaza, despite the October 10 “ceasefire,” which it has violated hundreds of times.
Seven people have died since Thursday morning, the Gaza Health Ministry reported early Saturday, and 658 people have died in the besieged enclave since the “ceasefire.”
On Saturday, Israeli forces also attacked a police post in Khan Younis, killing two police officers and wounding others.
Meanwhile, sandstorms have swept through the Gaza Strip, worsening conditions and increasing the misery of tens of thousands of displaced people.
Witnesses reported that dust-laden winds whipped across fields, worsening the plight of families living in worn-out tents.
‘Why can’t I walk?’
Meanwhile, Palestinians are also suffering from the ongoing closure of the Rafah border crossing, which Israel has closed amid its attacks on Iran.
Nearly six months after the “ceasefire,” thousands of injured Palestinians, many of them children, are still awaiting urgent medical evacuation. Only a handful of people have managed to leave for treatment abroad since Israel partially opened the crossing before slamming it shut again.
Hamdi is one of those children awaiting treatment abroad after being seriously injured during the Israeli bombing.
At the age of 12, he is learning to walk again and spends much of his day in physical therapy sessions.
“Every day he sees the children playing soccer and starts to cry. He asks me: why am I not like them? Why can’t I walk?” Amer Hamadi, the boy’s father, told Al Jazeera.
Doctors say early and intensive treatment is essential for patients with severe spinal and nerve injuries, but more than two years of Israeli bombings have decimated Gaza’s health system.
“We are bringing him here for physiotherapy while we wait for approval to travel abroad to remove shrapnel from his body. Doctors say that if he can be operated on, there is still a chance he can walk again,” Hamadi said.
While Hamdi is allowed to leave, he is still trapped in Gaza due to Israel’s closure of Rafah.
“After a long wait, we finally managed to get him a referral for treatment abroad, but then the crossing was closed,” Hamdi’s mother, Sabreen Mazen, told Al Jazeera.
The Rafah crossing, located on Gaza’s southern border, reopened only last month, allowing a limited number of Palestinians to leave for the first time in months, including patients in need of urgent medical care. Thousands of people remain unable to travel for treatment.
