At least 21 civilians were killed 21 since dawn today in separate raids by occupation warplanes and artillery on the central and southern Gaza Strip.

Medical sources said that the occupation artillery launched violent artillery shelling on the Al-Zaytoun and Tal Al-Hawa neighborhoods, and the ‘8’ Street area in Gaza City, which led to the killing of two civilians and the injury of five others.

Ambulance and civil defense crews recovered the bodies of four people from the Al-Samouni and Mahani families following artillery shelling that targeted two homes in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City.

Meanwhile, four civilians were killed in an occupation bombing of a residential apartment in the Al-Sabra neighborhood, south of Gaza City.

The occupation warplanes also bombed with several shells the vicinity of a school housing displaced persons affiliated with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in the neighborhood.

The occupation warboats fired several shells at civilians’ homes of
f the sea in the Sheikh Ajlin area, the port, and towards Al-Shati refujee camp, west of Gaza City.

Six civilians, including an infant, were killed when occupation aircraft bombed a house belonging to the Aqel family in the Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.

The occupation artillery shelled several shells at citizens’ homes northwest of the Nuseirat camp, and a civilian was killed by bullets from the occupation gunboats on the beach of the city of Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip.

WAFA correspondent reported that the occupation warplanes targeted the vicinity of the Gaza European Hospital in the city of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip.

Meanwhile, 10 civilians including three children, were killed and others were injured when the occupation warplanes bombed two homes belonging to the Al-Buraim and Abu Khater families in the east of the city of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip.

Local sources said that two civilians were injured in the bombing of the occupation warplanes that
targeted a house for the Abu Ubaid family in the Saudi neighborhood, west of the city of Rafah.

The occupation warboats opened heavy fire on the seashore of the city of Rafah, in conjunction with artillery shelling and the firing of lighting bombs on the Brazil neighborhood in the south, and raids on the Oraiba area in the north.

Source: National News Agency – Lebanon