On Friday, Day 406 of the ongoing genocide, Israeli missiles and shells killed and injured many Palestinians across the devastated, starved and besieged Gaza Strip.

In Rafah, in Gaza’s southmost part, the Israeli army bombarded a home in the Nasr neighborhood, northeast of the city, killing a Palestinian father and his son, and wounding many Palestinians.

In Deir Al-Balah, in central Gaza, at least five Palestinians, including a female child and a woman, were killed and many injured when Israeli soldiers fired a missile at an apartment in the center of the city, and other parts of the city.

Israeli military helicopters also fired barrages of live rounds at displaced Palestinians in Deir Balah.

The army also fired a missile at a home in Bloc 12 in the Al-Bureij refugee camp, causing several casualties.

In addition, the army fired several artillery shells at homes and areas, northwest of the Nuseirat refugee camp, in central Gaza.

In Beit Lahia, in northern Gaza, Israeli artillery shells killed at least two Palestinians and caused many injuries in the western part of the city.

A woman was killed and several Palestinians injured when Israeli drones fired live rounds at displaced Palestinians in Beit Lahia.

Casualties were also reported in Israeli bombing of Al-Fakhoura and At-Tawba areas, west of the Jabalia refugee camp, in northern Gaza.

In Gaza city, Israeli missiles killed three Palestinians and injured many near the General Security Junction, in the western part of the city.

Six Palestinians were also killed, and many injured, in an Israeli bombing of the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, in Gaza city.

In related news, medical sources said the Israeli army release twenty Palestinian detainees, who were immediate rushed to the European Hospital, south of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the coastal region.

The preliminary death toll from the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, has reached 43,736 killed and 103,370 wounded.

Among the slain Palestinians are at least 17,385 children, 11,891 women, 2,421 elderly people, 183 journalists, 85 emergency responders, 1,054 medical staff, 496 education staff, and 203 UNRWA staff.

Reports also indicate that there are thousands of victims who are still trapped under the rubble or in the streets, where it is impossible to reach them due to the ongoing bombing.