Gaza City, August 20 (RHC)-- Israel’s slaughter continues throughout the Gaza Strip. The Israeli military is pushing further into central Deir al-Balah, as Gazans are now being crowded into just 10% of the besieged territory. 

Over the weekend, an Israeli airstrike in Deir al-Balah killed at least 18 members of the same family, including 11 siblings aged between 2 and 22.  On Sunday, another attack in the same region killed more Palestinian children. 

Mohammed Awad Khattab said six of his grandchildren were killed as they slept, along with their mother — his daughter — who worked for the United Nations.

“My daughter had been struggling to have children for years. She had them through IVF. Four of the children were quadruplets. The eldest son and the youngest daughter, who was only a year-and-a-half old, were also killed.  What wrong did these innocent children do? Were they posing any danger to Israel?  Were they carrying weapons?”

UNRWA, the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, is marking World Humanitarian Day on Monday, August 19th, by honoring its 207 staff members who have been killed by Israel's aggressive genocidal war.