At least 82 Palestinians were killed Saturday by Israeli forces in attacks on Gaza City, Khan Younis and Rafah. In addition, Israeli troops attacked the third floor of Al-Amal Hospital, after besieging the hospital for the past several weeks.
A correspondent with the Wafa news agency reported that about 40 Palestinians were killed and dozens were injured with various injuries, in the Israeli bombing of a number of Palestinians’ homes in the center of the Gaza Strip, specifically in Al-Zawaida, Deir Al-Balah, and the Nuseirat camp.
In addition, 20 Palestinians were killed in the targeting of several homes in the city of Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip.
The Israeli occupation warships bombed the coast of the city of Rafah, with artillery shelling that targeted the south and east of the city, killing and wounding many Palestinians.
In Gaza City, Israeli occupation aircraft targeted inhabited homes in the neighborhoods of Sheikh Radwan, Al-Nasr, Al-Zeitoun, Al-Rimal, and Al-Sabra, leading to the death of at least 10 Palestinians in the city.
In an ongoing toll, the number of Palestinians killed rose to 28,858, the majority of whom were women and children.
The Red Crescent Society confirmed that the Israeli occupation targeted with artillery shelling the third floor of Al-Amal Hospital in Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip .
The vicinity of Al Amal Hospital was subjected to violent bombardment, which led to material damage to the hospital building.
For weeks, Al-Amal Hospital, affiliated with the Red Crescent, has been subjected to repeated attacks by the occupation, which led to the death of dozens of sick and displaced citizens .
The Israeli occupation continues to besiege and target Al-Amal Hospital in Khan Yunis for the 27th day in a row, and for two weeks the occupation tanks have been stationed in front of the hospital building .
The occupation prevents the arrival of food, medical supplies and fuel to the hospital, which threatens a humanitarian catastrophe and the cessation of work inside it, in conjunction with continuing shooting towards it around the clock, which limits the movement of staff inside the hospital and exposes the lives of patients and staff to extreme danger .
The occupation continues to detain 7 Red Crescent crew members for the ninth day in a row, who were arrested during the storming of Al-Amal Hospital, while the various means of landline and cellular communications and Internet services continue to be interrupted for the 34th day in a row in Khan Yunis Governorate
Updated from: Day 134: “Israel Kills And Injures Dozens In Gaza”
On Saturday, Day 134 of the Israeli onslaught on the Palestinians in several parts of the besieged, starved, and destroyed Gaza Strip, Israeli missiles and shells killed and injured dozens of Palestinians, while Tel Aviv continues to talk about a massive ground offensive in Rafah.
Locals and firefighters found the corpses of five Palestinians from the Masoud family, in Gaza City, after the army bombarded their home, and continued the search of six other family members, buried under the rubble.
In Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, the Palestinians found the corpses of five residents after the army fired a missile at their home in Al-Qarara town, northeast of the city.
It is worth mentioning that the Israeli army continued its invasion of the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, and has already abducted at least 100 Palestinians, including medical staff.
The Palestinian Health Ministry said that after the army abducted a large number of doctors and nurses at the medical facility, it turned it into what looks like a military base.
It added that the army also prevented two trucks, filled with medical supplies and humanitarian aid, from reaching the medical facility.
The army also fired many shells at homes, buildings, and lands in the southern and eastern areas of Deir Al-Balah, in central Gaza.
Many casualties were reported when the army fired missiles and shells at the Zeitoun and the Sheikh Radwan neighborhoods in Gaza City.
Furthermore, the army fired missiles and shells at areas, south of Gaza City, and several parts of northern Gaza, causing many casualties.
Israeli Channel 13 said envoys from Tel Aviv will be traveling to Qatar this coming week to discuss a potential new prisoner swap deal.
The Israeli army and the government are still threatening to conduct a massive ground invasion of Rafah, in the southmost part of the Gaza Strip, where at least one million Palestinians are seeking shelter after fleeing northern and central Gaza, in addition to the locals of Rafah and its surrounding towns.
The Palestinian Health Ministry said the Israeli army committed nine massacres against families in the Gaza Strip, killing 83 Palestinians and wounding 125 in twenty-four hours.
It added that Israeli has now killed at least 28.858 Palestinians and injured more than 68.677, mostly civilians, including 12.660 children and 8.570 women, 340 paramedics, 46 Civil Defense workers and 130 journalists, in addition to thousands who remain missing under the rubble of bombarded homes and those killed on streets and in alleys in several parts of the coastal region, while medics remain unable to reach them.