On Sunday dawn, Israeli missiles and shells killed 28 Palestinians, including children and women, and injured dozens, including many children, in the Gaza Strip.
The Palestinian Health Ministry said the army fired missiles at many homes and residential buildings in several parts of the Gaza Strip.
It added that fourteen Palestinians, including children and women, were killed when the army fired missiles at a home belonging to the Abu Aisha family in Beit Hanoun, in northern Gaza.
The army fired missiles at a residential building in the Nasr neighborhood west of Gaza City, killing four Palestinians and wounding many others.
Five Palestinians were also injured when the army fired a missile at a home in Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.
The army also bombed many homes in Rafah and Beit Hanoun and destroyed them before the family could escape.
In addition, the army caused serious damage to many homes, buildings, hospitals, schools, institutions, mosques, and infrastructure in all parts of the Gaza Strip.
The army destroyed Watan, Palestine, and Al-Aklook residential towers in Gaza and destroyed them. The towers include dozens of apartments, offices, and media centers, in addition to bombing media centers.
Furthermore, Israeli troops shot dead Palestinian journalist Mohammed As-Salhi while reporting in an area east of Gaza.
In a release, the Health Ministry in Gaza said the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli missiles and shells in Gaza in the last 24 hours had reached 260, including 20 children, in addition to 1788, including 121 children, who were injured.
Israeli daily Haaretz said Palestinian fighters fired 2,500 shells from Gaza and added that more than 250 Israelis were killed and 1800 injured in the surprise infiltration, Saturday, into adjacent Israeli settlements.
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Haaretz also said a serious number of Israelis, including soldiers, have been captured and are held in Gaza.
The Israeli media agency stated that, according to Israeli Police estimates, 30 police officers were killed on the first day of the infiltration of Palestinian fighters and said, according to data by the Israeli Health Ministry, 1864 Israelis have been taken to hospitals, including 19 who suffered critical injuries, 326 serious injuries, 359 moderate injuries, and 821 mild injuries.
The thirty police officers were killed in gunbattle with Palestinian fighters who surrounded a police station in Sderot, in the Negev, before storming it.
Haaretz stated that least 250 Israelis have been killed, over 1,800 wounded in the “surprise infiltration and massive barrages.”
On its part, the Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, said its fighters are still exchanging fire with soldiers and police officers in various areas, including Sderot, Ofakim, Yad Mordechai, Kfar Azza, Kissufim and Kibbutz Be’eri.
Al-Qassam added that its fighters in Gaza are supporting the fighters who infiltrated the surrounding Israeli colonies by firing a barrage of shells.
