In yet another bloody chapter of Israel’s relentless war on Gaza, a truck carrying displaced families fleeing the carnage was struck by an Israeli airstrike on wednesday, leaving a trail of death and destruction.

The wounded were taken to Al-Shifa Medical Complex for treatment. The attack came as thousands of residents continued to leave Gaza City amid an Israeli military operation that has intensified over the past five days. Witnesses reported long convoys of vehicles and carts heading south in an attempt to escape the fighting. The displacement, ongoing for two weeks, has increased massively since the start of the large-scale offensive, with humanitarian groups warning of worsening conditions for those on the move.

The Gaza Health Ministry condemned the strike, calling it a deliberate assault on civilians with no possible military justification. “This was not a battlefield engagement — it was the cold-blooded targeting of people seeking safety,” a spokesperson said, describing the attack as part of Israel’s “systematic campaign of extermination.”

Local rescuers struggled to retrieve survivors from the wreckage as drone surveillance buzzed overhead. “We carried out children who were burned beyond recognition,” one medic said, visibly shaken. “There were no fighters here, just families trying to survive.”

The strike has sparked outrage among international observers, with human rights groups labeling it a war crime. Calls are mounting for immediate accountability as the death toll in Gaza continues to climb, with no safe haven left for civilians under Israel’s bombardment.