On Day 138 of the Israeli genocide of the Palestinians in the devastated Gaza Strip, Israeli missiles killed dozens of Palestinians, including women and children, and injured hundreds, in addition to many who remain under the rubble of bombarded homes and buildings.
The army fired many missiles and artillery shells at residential blocs in the Zeitoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City, causing dozens of deaths and injuries, including women and children, in addition to many Palestinians who remain under the rubble, especially in homes for the families of Shamlakh, Na’im, Abu Zour, Shaniora, Yassin and Sha’fout.
The soldiers also fired live rounds at many Palestinians in the bombarded areas and attacked ambulances while trying to reach the dead and the wounded.
The Palestinians in the destroyed Zeitoun neighborhood are facing extremely difficult conditions, and are also being attacked while trying to escape to the western neighborhoods of Gaza City, especially the Rimal neighborhood and Shifa Hospital.
Many Palestinians were killed and injured in a series of air strikes in Tal Al-Hawa, Sabra, and Sheja’eyya, in Gaza City, and were rushed to Shifa Hospital.
At least thirty-four Palestinians were killed and dozens were injured when the army fired missiles at a home in Deir Al-Balah city, in central Gaza.
Six Palestinians were killed and many were injured when the army fired a missile at a car in the Abu Hosni Street in Deir Al-Balah.
Medical sources said at least 45 Palestinians were killed overnight and in the morning hours in several parts of Deir Al-Balah.
They added that Palestinians remain under the rubble in the densely populated refugee camp, while search and rescue efforts continue by hand and basic equipment despite the constant Israeli aggression.
In addition, two Palestinians were killed and several were injured when the army bombed the Noweiri family home, west of the Nusseirat refugee camp, in central Gaza.
The army earlier fired missiles and shells at homes in the refugee camp, killing twelve and wounding more than fifteen, including women and children, before they were moved to the Al-Aqsa Hospital in nearby Deir Al-Balah.
In Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, the army continued to bomb areas around Nasser Medical Center, wounding many Palestinians, and continued the siege on the hospital where 120 patients, in addition to staff and families are sheltering.
The hospital was bombed several times and was invaded, leading to massive destruction and casualties, including fatalities among the Palestinians, including patients.
In Rafah, in the southmost part of the Gaza Strip, Israeli missiles killed at least eight Palestinians and injured many in a home in the Al-Jneina neighborhood of the city.
The army also fired many artillery and tank shells at the Al-Mawasi area, west of Rafah, causing dozens of casualties, before the medics rushed them to Abu Yousef Najjar Hospital, the Kuwaiti Hospital, and the Emirati Hospital, in the city.
Footage this morning shows the aftermath of Israeli tanks invading Mawasi area, classified as safe and designated for displaced people according to US statements. Israel killed and injured dozens of innocent displaced people in their tents last night. #Gaza pic.twitter.com/N8Lo1nU10a
— Ramy Abdu| رامي عبده (@RamAbdu) February 21, 2024
Rafah is the last “refuge” for the Palestinians who were pushed from northern and central Gaza, in addition to the inhabitants of the city and its surrounding areas, after the army ordered the Palestinians to head to “safe zones” first in Gaza City and central Gaza, before bombing them, forcing them to head to Khan Younis, where they were bombed again, and now under the same bombing and violations in Rafah.
Rafah, only about 65 square kilometers, is now inhabited by 1.3 Million Palestinians, lacking basic supplies, including access to food and clean water.
“They kicked me with their hard boots”
Ramadan Shamlakh from northern Gaza arrived in southern Gaza after being kidnapped and tortured by Israeli forces. He fears for his family’s safety after Israel’s offensive in the Azzytoon neighbourhood. pic.twitter.com/x2LQuQRvGl
— PALESTINE ONLINE 🇵🇸 (@OnlinePalEng) February 20, 2024
Medical sources said many Palestinians with chronic conditions have died in northern Gaza due to the lack of medical supplies, food, and water.
Approximately half a million Palestinians remain in northern Gaza, facing constant bombing, massive destruction, hunger, and diseases, especially since the Israeli army continued to refuse to allow aid trucks into all areas in northern Gaza, and even bombed aid trucks.
On its part, the Israeli army said one soldier was killed and three were injured by Palestinian resistance fighters in northern Gaza.
A day earlier, sources at the Rabin Medical Center “Beilinson” said six soldiers were injured, two seriously, in the Gaza Strip, and added that 27 wounded soldiers, including three seriously, and eighteen mildly wounded soldiers, are still receiving medical attention at the facility.
The Palestinian Health Ministry said the Israeli army committed 11 massacres against Palestinian families in the lest 24 hours, killing 118 and wounding 193.
Israel has now killed at least 29,313 Palestinians, and injured 69,333, mostly women and children, in addition to thousands who remain under the rubble of bombarded homes and buildings, and on streets and in alleys, in several parts of the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023.
