GAZA: In the past 24 hours, at least 166 civilians were confirmed killed and over 384 others injured as a result of the ongoing Israeli onslaught on the Gaza Strip, according to medical sources.
The Israeli occupation military continued its relentless airstrikes, targeting residential areas across various regions of the Gaza Strip, particularly in Khan Yunis, northern Gaza, and Jabalia, where ground forces and artillery have been advancing.
In the northern region, Israeli warplanes targeted the Saftawi and Sheikh Radwan neighborhoods in Gaza City, resulting in destruction to public and private properties and infrastructure.
Israeli fighter jets carried out airstrikes on Jabalia refugee camp and Jabalia town, accompanied by heavy shelling from Israeli artillery on the northern areas.
Local sources reported dozens of casualties in an Israeli strike which targeted the Al-Rafii School area and the Namaa Association in Jabalia town.
The Israeli occupation military also conducted aerial raids on the neighborho
ods of Tuffah, Daraj, and Rimal in Gaza City.
In the central Gaza Strip, a civilian was killed, and others were injured as Israeli warplanes targeted a house in the Bureij refugee camp.
Furthermore, Israeli artillery shelled several houses in Block 1 near the Al-Maqadema Mosque in Bureij refugee camp, including residences belonging to the Nofal, Abu Hujayr, and Shaheen families.
In the south, medical sources reported that 19 civilians were killed in Khan Yunis, as a result of continuous Israeli shelling since Saturday evening. Among the casualties, two were killed, including a child, during an airstrike targeting a group of civilians attempting to access water in eastern Khan Yunis.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) reported the murder and injury of citizens due to Israeli shelling in an area adjacent to the Karm Abu Salem crossing in southern Gaza, where Israeli forces prevented ambulance vehicles from reaching the area.
A PRCS spokesman said that the number of patients leaving through the Raf
ah crossing is minimal, ranging from 20 to 25 per day, significantly lower than the number of injured individuals. Israeli forces also continue to block the arrival of medical and relief aid to the northern Gaza Strip.
In a separate development, Israeli occupation forces ordered the evacuation of eight neighborhoods in the central governorate, instructing residents to relocate to the Deir al-Balah area.
Within 48 hours of this directive, five massacres were committed in the Deir al-Balah region, according to media and medical sources, resulting in the murder of 28 individuals and the injury of 88 others.
Journalists Mohammad Younis al-Zaytouna and Mohammad Abdul Khaleq al-Af were reported killed due to an Israeli airstrike on the al-Zaytouna family home in Gaza, bringing the total number of journalist killed to 103 since the start of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip.
In a preliminary toll, the ongoing Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip since October 7 has resulted in the tragic loss of 20,400 li
ves and left around 54,000 wounded, with over 70% of them being women and children. Nearly 7,000 people are also unaccounted for beneath the debris
Source: Palestine News and Information Agency – WAFA