On Tuesday, the Israeli army continued the extensive bombing of various parts of the Gaza Strip, especially in the southern and central parts of the coastal enclave, killing and wounding dozens of Palestinians.
Earlier Article: Day 123: “Especially In Gaza City, Israeli Missiles Kill Dozens Of Palestinians”
Update: The Israeli army killed a Palestinian journalist, Rezeq Al-Gharabily, the director of the Palestinian Media center, bringing the number of slain journalists since October 7 to 123.
Media sources said the army killed a Palestinian journalist, Zakariya Fathi Abu Ghali, his mother Maha Daifallah Abu Ghali, and his sister Hanin, after firing a missile at their home in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.
Several Palestinians were injured, some seriously, after the army bombed an area north of the Shaboura refugee camp in Rafah.
The army also fired many missiles and shells at homes and buildings near the border with Egypt, south of Rafah, and the Al-Barazil neighborhood in the city, in addition to the make-shift refugee camp, where thousands of Palestinians fled to, west of Rafah.
In addition, several Palestinians were injured when the Israeli Navy fired live rounds near the Rafah shore.
At least six Palestinians were killed and many were injured when the army fired a missile at a car in the Khirbat Al-Adas neighborhood, in Rafah City, in addition to two Palestinians were who were killed and several others injured when the army fired shells at Palestinians near the Egyptian border fence in Rafah.
In Khan Younis, in southern Gaza, the army fired shells at the Al-Hinnawi School in the Al-Amal neighborhood, where dozens of families sheltered after fleeing their homes, killing fourteen Palestinians and wounding dozens.
The army also killed three Palestinians in a missile attack, while a military sharpshooter killed a young man at the entrance of Beit Al-Maqdis School where dozens of families are sheltering, in Khan Younis.
In addition, Israeli sharpshooters killed two Palestinians inside a school, run by the UNRWA in Khan Younis, where hundreds of families sheltered after fleeing their homes.
The army also fired many shells and flares over the western part of Khan Younis, especially the Baten As-Sameen area, south of the city.
In Deir Al-Balah, in central Gaza, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said its medics rushed eight wounded Palestinians to the Al-Aqsa Hospital after the army bombed a home in the southern part of the city.
Several Palestinians were also injured near Salahuddin Street, and in a home, in Deir Al-Balah, especially when the army fired missiles at a warehouse where dozens of families sheltered after fleeing their homes in northern Gaza.
In the Nusseirat refugee camp, in central Gaza, the army fired several missiles and shells at homes and buildings, causing several casualties.
The army also fired missiles and shells at the Tal Al-Hawa neighborhood and several other areas in Gaza City, in addition to areas in Jabalia, in northern Gaza.
Furthermore, Israeli missiles killed and injured more than twenty in a home for the Shanti family in the eastern part of Jabalia refugee camp, in Jabalia in northern Gaza.
The Israeli army said a commander with the Israeli Combat Engineering Corps was killed, in northern Gaza, and three soldiers were injured by Palestinian fighters in northern Gaza in several parts of the coastal enclave.
Israel is bombing Rafah and says it’s planning a ground invasion in the area. Israel declared it a “safe zone,” but now Palestinians have no safe place to go.
The UN described Rafah as a “pressure cooker of despair.” Israeli bombardment has killed 27,000+ Palestinians. pic.twitter.com/Xrx0vsnIoT
— AJ+ (@ajplus) February 6, 2024
538 Israeli soldiers have been killed and at least 2828 have been injured since October 7, 2023, including 1304 injured since the army began its ground offensive on Gaza on October 27.
Israeli has now killed at least 27.585 Palestinians, including more than 12.500 children, 8.000 women, 339 medical workers, including doctors, nurses, and medics, and 200 journalists, and injured more than 66.978, in several parts of the Gaza Strip, in addition to about 8.000 who remain missing, largely buried under the rubble of bombarded homes and buildings in various parts of the coastal enclave.
Israeli air attacks on a mosque and homes deemed ‘safe’ in Deir el-Balah have killed dozens of Palestinians sheltering there, local authorities say.
Rescuers in central Gaza were filmed pulling out the body of a child from the rubble ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/QOCmplwitw
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) February 5, 2024