On Tuesday, Day 173 of the ongoing Israeli genocide of the Palestinians in the devastated Gaza Strip, Israeli missiles and shells killed and injured hundreds of Palestinians, including women and children, in various parts of the coastal enclave.
The Israeli Air Force fired many missiles around the Shifa Medical Center, west of Gaza City, in addition to firing many missiles and shells at various areas in the city, and in Khan Younis and Rafah, in southern Gaza, Beit Hanoun, and Jabalia, in northern Gaza.
Medical sources said the soldiers also fired missiles at a branch of the Shifa Hospital, causing injuries and serious damage.
In the Al-Mawasi area, west of Khan Younis in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, the army fired a missile at a tent sheltering families, killing at least twelve, including children, and wounding many more.
The army also invaded Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis and abducted medical staff and Palestinians who tried to shelter there.
Media sources said the soldiers also fired live rounds at young men whom the army ordered to leave Nasser Hospital.
The Israeli army fired many artillery shells at all western areas of Khan Younis, causing many casualties.
Also, medical sources said Al-Amal Hospital, run by the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) in Khan Younis, is now out of service after dozens of soldiers, who surrounded it for a month, invaded it, and forcibly evacuated everybody in the facility.
The army also fired a missile at a home in the Al-Jneina neighborhood, east of Rafah in the southmost part of the Gaza Strip, killing a child, Eileen Athamna, and wounding many Palestinians.
In addition, nineteen Palestinians, including nine children, were killed and dozens were injured, when the army fired a missile at a building housing many displaced families, north of Rafah.
Furthermore, the army fired a missile at a chicken farm in the Shouka area, east of Rafah, wounding many Palestinians who tried to shelter there.
In Nusseirat, in central Gaza, Israeli missiles and shells killed several Palestinians, and wounded many, before the army fired another missile at Palestinians, trying to find survivors under the rubble, killing two and wounding several others.
The Israeli army also fired missiles and shells at the Al-Amal City, west of Nusseirat refugee camp, and at several homes in the refugee camp, causing many casualties.
Furthermore, Israeli navy ships fired many shells at the beach area of the Nusseirat refugee camp, where families tried to shelter after fleeing their homes.
Israel has now killed at least 32.414 Palestinians and injured more than 74.787, mostly women, children, and elderly, in addition to thousands who remain missing, mostly buried under the rubble of bombarded homes and buildings, in various parts of the Gaza Strip, while medics and rescue teams have been unable to reach them due to the constant Israeli bombing and shelling.