GAZA: Five Palestinian citizens were killed and others were injured at dawn on Thursday, as a result of raids carried out by Israeli warplanes, in addition to artillery shelling that targeted the central and southern Gaza Strip.
WAFA correspondents reported that four citizens were killed and others were injured, including children and women, in an Israeli shelling that targeted tents for displaced people in Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip.
A citizen was killed and more than 10 others were injured in an Israeli shelling that targeted a tent for displaced people in Mawasi Khan Yunis.
Israeli artillery shelling targeted the Sabra neighborhood, south of Gaza City, while occupation aircraft bombed a house in Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, north of Gaza City, which resulted in a number of citizens being injured.
Occupation vehicles opened fire, amid artillery shelling towards Zeitoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City, and the northern area of ??Nuseirat camp, central Gaza Strip, co
inciding with the occupation warplanes bombing an empty land southwest of the camp.
The occupation artillery also fired shells at the town of Abasan, east of Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip, and at citizens’ homes northwest of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip.
Additionally, the Israeli occupation army blew up residential buildings in Zeitoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City.
Earlier last night, medical sources said that 23 people were killed, including children and women, in Israeli missile and artillery shelling of various areas of the Gaza Strip since dawn on Wednesday.
Medical sources confirmed that the Palestinian death toll from the Israeli onslaught since October 7 has risen to 40,861 reported fatalities, with an additional 94,398 individuals sustaining injuries. The majority of the victims are women and children.
According to the same sources, emergency services are still unable to reach many casualties and dead bodies trapped under the rubble or scattered on roads across the war-torn enclav
e, as Israeli occupation forces continue to obstruct the movement of ambulance and civil defense crews.
Source: Palestine News and Information Agency – WAFA