Dozens of citizens were killed and others were injured this evening in violent raids launched by Israeli warplanes on homes, buildings, and apartments in various parts of the Gaza Strip.

Sources reported that at least four citizens were killed, and others were injured in an Israeli air raid on a residential building belonging to the Abu Sharia family in Gaza City.

The building was targeted as worshippers stepped out of the small mosque located in the basement of the building.

In Deir al-Balah, a house was bombed by Israeli warplanes, killing 12 citizens and injuring a number of others.

Meanwhile, medical and rescue teams recovered 18 bodies from under the rubble of a house, which was bombed by Israeli warplanes at dawn today in Rafah city, south of the Gaza Strip. The house belonged to the Hassouna family.

The Israeli air raids also targeted residential towers in the Al-Zahraa area in southern Gaza and destroyed about 40 towers, housing about 6,000 citizens, including women, children, and the elderly, who became displaced.

Israeli occupation warplanes also targeted a residential square in the Tal al-Hawa neighborhood, southwest of Gaza City, destroying about 20 homes and residential buildings there.

The Ministry of Health announced that 4,218 people have been killed by Israel in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank Since October 7, while the number of wounded rose to about 13,400.

Source: Palestine news & Information Agency – WAFA