On Day 118 of the Israeli genocide of the Palestinian people in several parts of the devastated Gaza Strip, Israeli missiles and shells killed dozens of Palestinians and injured many more, including women and children.
The Israeli continued the firing of tank and artillery shells, in addition to missiles at various parts of the coastal enclave, especially in the central and southern parts of the Gaza Strip.
The attacks targeted homes, residential blocks, placing centers, and several medical facilities, to force the Palestinians to flee toward the border with Egypt, in Rafah.
The army fired missiles at various areas in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, hitting many homes and buildings, and causing dozens of casualties.
The army also fired a missile at a car and a carriage, north of Rafah, killing at least four Palestinians and wounding many others.
In Khan Younis, also in southern Gaza, the army fired missiles and shells at homes, killing at least 13 Palestinians and wounding many others.
💢 This is how the PRCS ambulance officer Nader Al-Buhaisi received the News of the martyrdom of his son Hamza as a result of his injury after the IOF targeted a building next to their house in Deir al-Balah,. This represents one of the most difficult moments that ambulance… pic.twitter.com/g1VFLRfzOI
— PRCS (@PalestineRCS) February 1, 2024
The Palestinians also found the corpses of twenty-two Palestinians, killed by Israeli missiles in the Khan Younis refugee camp.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said the army is “firing heavily” at the al-Amal Hospital it runs in Khan Younis.
The Israeli army bombed a playground housing dozens of displaced people, resulting in casualties, with the majority being children. #GazaGenocide pic.twitter.com/hfvc048cCq
— Ramy Abdu| رامي عبده (@RamAbdu) February 1, 2024
It is worth mentioning that both Al-Amal and Nasser Hospital have been under strict Israeli siege for the past several days.
Al-Jazeera English quoted Thomas White, the director of UNRWA’s Gaza affairs, stating: “We’ve lost a health clinic, major shelters – facilities that were supporting the people of Khan Younis,” and adding that UNRWA staff also joined the thousands of fleeing Palestinians in the city.
In Central Gaza, the army killed at least two Palestinians, and injured several others, after firing a missile at a home for the Abu Fayyad family in the New Camp, west of Nusseirat.
Three Palestinians were killed and several others were injured when Israeli drones fired live rounds at Palestinians fleeing their homes in Nusseirat refugee camp.
In addition, at least one Palestinian was killed and many others were injured when the army fired a missile at a home in Deir Al-Balah in central Gaz Strip.
While he was working, a paramedic in the Red Crescent broke down when he knew that his child was killed in Israel’s strikes on Deir Al Balah in central Gaza and other members of his family were wounded. pic.twitter.com/dLSP2xZCTV
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) February 1, 2024
In Gaza City, an Israeli missile struck a home for the Nakhal family in the Al-Jala’ area, killing seven Palestinians and wounding many others.
The army also fired missiles at a make-shift shelter in the All-Yarmouk soccer field in Gaza City, killing two Palestinians, and wounding many others, in addition to killing two Palestinians in the Al-Moghrabi Street area.
Israel’s war on hospitals in Gaza is causing children to die from a wide range of illnesses.
A shortage of medicine supply, like painkillers and antibiotics, has made it easier for disease to spread in the makeshift shelters housing Palestinians. pic.twitter.com/1bb8d8ROFV
— AJ+ (@ajplus) February 1, 2024
In northern Gaza, at least three Palestinians were killed and many were injured when the army fired artillery shells at homes and buildings in Beit Hanoun, in northern Gaza.
On Wednesday evening, the Israeli army said one of its commanders was killed in northern Gaza, bringing the number of soldiers, killed since October 7, 2023, to 561, including 224 since the beginning of the ground offensive on October 27, bringing the total number of Israeli, including soldiers, killed since October 7 to 1.139.
Israel has now killed at least 26.900 Palestinians, and injured more than 65.949, mostly women and children, in addition to the thousands of Palestinians who remain buried under the rubble of bombarded homes and buildings, and those killed in the streets and alleys of various parts of the Gaza Strip.
