The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) have continued to commit mass killings and exterminate entire families in the Gaza Strip, amid one of the most extensive and systematic campaigns of destruction targeting residential neighborhoods and civilian infrastructure as the comprehensive military aggression enters its 22^nd consecutive month.

Although nearly 2.3 million people are crammed into less than 15% of the Gaza Strip’s area, the IOF have intensified their attacks, targeting them in shelters, tents, and streets, leaving no safe space. Hundreds have been killed and injured in recent days, while aid distribution points continue to be turned into death traps.

One of the most prominent incidents documented by the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights’ (PCHR)’s staff occurred at around 05:30 on Monday, 07 July 2025, when Israeli warplanes launched an airstrike on al-Rimal Clinic, which is used as shelter for displaced people on al-Wehda Street in central Gaza City. The strike killed four people, including a child, and PCHR keeps their names.

At approximately 00:55 on the same day, Israeli warplanes targeted al-Jedi family house in al-Buriej refugee camp, in the center of the Gaza Strip. As a result, 5 people from one family were killed, and they were identified as: Hamed Hisham Salamah (31), his wife Tasneem ‘Abed al-Fattah al-Jedi (28), their two children Ja’far (7) and Janna, along with their cousin Mohammed Ramiz ‘Abed al-Fatah al-Jedi (9).

At around 19:00 on Sunday, 06 July 2025, an Israeli drone targeted a group of people working in a field kitchen in al-Nusirat refugee camp, in the center of the Gaza Strip. As a result, four people, including three kitchen workers and a child, were killed, while 10 others sustained various injuries. Those killed were identified as: Ahmed Yaseen al-Sedawi (35), founder of the filed kitchen; Hadi Mahmoud ‘Abed al-Hai Halawa (20) and Mohammed Sami Mahmoud Shahtout (38), workers at the kitchen; and child Mohanad Mohammed Yousef Aby Zanteed (16).

Mansour Sami Mahmoud Shahtout (37) said to PCHR’s researcher that his brother Mohammed was among a team working at a field kitchen that distributes food to displaced families and camps’ residents. They used to sit daily on the same street to do the work and prepare for the next day’s needed supplies. While sitting with several kitchen workers, including his brother Mohammed, to discuss food preparations, they were directly targeted by an Israeli drone strike.”

At around 15:35 on the same day, an Israeli warplane targeted a group of people gathered in front of Shaladan Restaurant located near al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital’s roundabout in Deir al-Balah, in the center of the Gaza Strip. As a result, three people were killed, while three others sustained various injuries. Those killed were identified as: Mohammed Belal Nafiz Abu Shammalah (18), Nahed “Mohammed Saleh” Sa’eed Abu Rabee’ (53), a worker inside the restaurant, and ‘Ali ‘Abed al-Latif Mohammed al-Wehadi (37).

At approximately 15:00 on the same day, an Israeli warplane launched an airstrike on Yunis family house located behind al-Razi Medical Complex in al-Nusirat refugee camp, in the center of the Gaza Strip. The strike killed five people, including two children and two women, while ten other people sustained various injuries. Those killed were identified as: Sarah Ahmed ‘Abed al-Mo’ti Yunis (71), her son ‘Eid Suliman ‘Eid Yunis (34), her granddaughter Janna Ahmed Salman Yunis (7), Israa Ahmed ‘Abed al-Mo’ti Yunis (37), and Mohammed Ibrahim ‘Adnan Se’da (6), who was Yunis family’s neighbor.

At around 14:30 on the same day, an Israeli warplane targeted a tent sheltering Bakhet family, who had set up the tent near the rubble of their destroyed house in the Abu Ma’ala area of western al-Nusirat refugee camp, in central Gaza Strip. As a result, seven people were killed, including a child and a woman. All the victims were from the Bakhet family, including the parents, their three children, their brother-in-law, and their grandson. PCHR keeps the names of all the victims. Additionally, ten other people sustained various injuries.

Islam Ahmed Rajab Bakhet told PCHR’s researcher that while they were inside the tents set up by his family near the rubble of their destroyed house, an Israeli drone directly fired a missile at one of the tents sheltering his father and family members, killing and injuring many. He added that the tent was completely torn apart due to the strike and the scattered large and small shrapnel inside it, causing extensive destruction and injuries among those inside.

At approximately 14:15 on the same day, Israeli warplanes targeted Abu ‘Assi School, run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), in al-Shati refugee camp, west of Gaza City. The school was sheltering a large number of displaced people who had fled the relentless bombardment. As a result, eight people, including four children, were killed, and PCHR keeps their names, while others were injured.

An eyewitness, who is displaced inside the school, said to PCHR’s researcher: “While I was standing at the door of the classroom where I am staying on the ground floor, suddenly smoke filled place amid screams. I rushed to the middle of the schoolyard and was shocked to see children lying on the ground after Israeli warplanes bombed them while they were playing there.”

As part of the ongoing targeting of civilians near aid distribution points, on Sunday evening, hundreds of men, women, and children flocked to the U.S. aid center located in the Netzarim corridor in the southern Gaza Valley to obtain food parcels for their families. At around 18:30 on the same day, while people were waiting near the center, the IOF stationed in their military vehicles in the area opened heavy fire and launched several shells at the gathered civilians.  As a result, four people, including a child, were killed, and PCHR keeps their names, while about 30 others were injured.

In a similar crime, at around 09:00, IOF opened heavy fire on thousands of people waiting for the opening of two Israeli-American aid distribution points established in al-Hashash and al-Sa’oudi neighborhoods, northwest of Rafah. As a result, three people, including a child, were killed, and PCHR keeps their names, while others sustained various injuries.

PCHR condemns in the strongest terms this serious escalation and the ongoing crimes committed as part of the broader crime of genocide. PCHR affirms that the systematic and deliberate targeting of civilians, particularly families, children, and displaced persons, constitutes a crime aimed at destroying the Palestinian social fabric and forcibly displacing them.

Therefore, PCHR calls on the international community to uphold its legal and moral responsibilities and take immediate and effective steps to halt the crimes committed against the civilian population in the Gaza Strip.

PCHR warns that continued international silence and indirect complicity encourage Israel to persist in committing atrocities without accountability.

PCHR emphasizes that the protection of civilians, particularly displaced people, is a responsibility under international law and must be upheld by the United Nations and its relevant bodies.  These entities must act immediately to ensure effective protection for Palestinian civilians and end the prevailing state of impunity fueled by double standards and international complicity.