On Monday, Day 143 of the ongoing Israeli genocide of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, Israeli missiles and shells killed dozens of Palestinians, including many women and children, and injured scores of residents.
The Israeli army continued the firing of missiles and shells at several parts of the devastated and destroyed coastal enclave, especially in the southern and central areas.
In Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, the army fired a missile at a home near the Gaza European Hospital, east of the city, killing at least two Palestinians and wounding many.
The Israeli army also wired and detonated many homes, west of Khan Younis, amidst extensive battles with Palestinian fighters near Nasser Hospital, and the Al-Amal neighborhood, west of the city, killing and wounding several Palestinians.
Also, Israeli missiles and sniper bullets killed at least 23 Palestinians, including six from the Al-Aqha family and two from the Barbakh family, and wounded many, including women and children, in Khan Younis.
Medics tried to move the slain and wounded Palestinians to Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, but the soldiers who continued the siege of the medical facility attacked them, forcing them to head to medical centers outside the city.
Media sources said the army wired and detonated homes in addition to bombarding many homes and buildings in Khan Younis.
The eastern, western, southern, and southwestern parts of Khan Younis were subject to extensive bombing and shelling, leading to dozens of casualties, while the Israeli navy also killed a fisherman near the Khan Younis shore while he was trying to fish to provide for his starving family.
Furthermore, Palestinian medics located the corpses of seventeen slain Palestinians who had been killed by Israeli missiles and shells in several parts of Khan Younis.
The situation in Al-Amal and Nasser Hospitals in Khan Younis remains dire amidst the Israeli siege, constant attacks and bombing. The hospitals are lacking basic supplies, including medicine, food and water.
The Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, said its fighters detonated a home where at least fifteen Israeli soldiers were stationed in Abasan Al-Kabeera in Khan Younis, killing and wounding many.
The Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad, said its fighters killed one Israeli soldier, east of Khan Younis.
In addition, eight Palestinians, including a child and a woman, were killed, and many were injured when the army fired missiles at three homes for the Abu Al-Einein family and Abdin family, northeast of the city, and an apartment building near the European Hospital, in the Al-Jneina neighborhood, east of Rafah.
Israeli missiles also killed four Palestinians, including one child, and injured many, including children, in a home north of Rafah.
The situation in Rafah, where about 1.7 million Palestinians are currently sheltering after fleeing other parts of the Gaza Strip, is very difficult, amidst hunger and diseases including hepatitis, and infections from unsanitary living conditions and contaminated water.
In Gaza City, Israeli missiles killed at least fifteen Palestinians, and injured dozens, including many women and children, especially in a home in the Zeitoun neighborhood, southeast of the city.
Dozens of Palestinians who were killed by Israeli missiles and shells in Gaza City over the last several days remain on the streets as medics and rescue teams have been unable to enter the bombarded areas.
Furthermore, Israeli missiles and shells continued to target many parts of northern Gaza, especially Beit Lahia, Beit Hanoun, and the Jabalia refugee camp, causing excessive damage and many casualties.
In addition, a Palestinian infant, Mohammad Zayegh, at a hospital in northern Gaza from acute malnutrition, due to the Israeli military’s constant bombing and massive destruction, resulting in a lack of basic humanitarian supplies.
Yesterday a nurse, Muhammad Qashqash, was killed in the Israeli airstrikes that targeted a home in the Al-Shayma’ area, Beit-Lahia, in Northern Gaza.
He worked as a volunteer across several hospitals in Northern Gaza. pic.twitter.com/j8Z73yLUUT
— TIMES OF GAZA (@Timesofgaza) February 26, 2024
In central Gaza, the Israeli army fired a missile at a car in the Abu Al-Ajeen area, east of Deir Al-Balah, killing two Palestinians, and fired artillery shells at homes in the same area, wounding many Palestinians.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said its ambulance teams managed to recover the bodies of three slain Palestinians, and rescued an injured Palestinian, despite Israeli bombing and violations in Abu Al-Ajeen area.
🚑In a risky mission, Palestine Red Crescent ambulance teams just recovered three bodies and one injured individual moments ago in the Abu Al-Ajin border area east of Deir Al-Balah city, central #Gaza.
📷Filmed by PRCS volunteer: Mohammed Suleiman. pic.twitter.com/FKRm6PcJod— PRCS (@PalestineRCS) February 26, 2024
Israeli drones also fired missiles at a home west of the Nusseirat refugee camp, in central Gaza.
The Palestinian Health Ministry said the Israeli army committed seven massacres against Palestinian families in the Gaza Strip over the last 24 hours, killing more than 90 and wounding at least 164, mostly women and children.
The Health Ministry stated that Israel has now killed at least 29.782 and injured more than 70.782, mostly women and children, in addition to thousands who remain buried under the rubble, since October 7, 2023.
