On Tuesday, the Israeli army continued the bombing of various parts of the starved and destroyed Gaza Strip, killing and wounding dozens of Palestinians, including many women and children.
Medical sources said many Palestinians were killed and dozens were injured when the army fired a missile at the Al-Fakhoura Mosque, west of the Jabalia refugee camp, in northern Gaza.
In Beit Hanoun, in northern Gaza, the army abducted dozens of young Palestinian men after repeatedly assaulting them, causing various injuries.
The soldiers also forced all women and children out of the two schools where families sheltered in Beit Hanoun and ordered them to leave the area while firing shells at them while fleeing.
Also, massive casualties occurred as the Israeli missiles destroyed the mosque and surrounding homes and buildings in Beit Hanoun.
In central Gaza, the army continued the firing of missiles and shells at the Nusseirat refugee camp, for the fifth consecutive day, causing dozens of casualties, largely women and children, and massive destruction.
The army also fired missiles and shells at homes in Al-Mughraqa and the Zahra’ nearby city, in addition to the western area of Deir Al-Balah, in central Gaza, causing dozens of casualties.
Furthermore, the army fired missiles at the e al-Maghazi refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, killing at least eleven Palestinians and wounding dozens, most of whom are women and children.
A new mass grave has been discovered at al-Shifa Hospital where a two-week siege by Israeli forces turned the facility into a graveyard and put what was once Gaza’s largest medical complex out of service ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/flKZ7K9DLL
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Local sources reported that a series of Israeli airstrikes targeted residential areas in the refugee camp, killing eleven, most of them children, and injuring others.
In Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, the army fired many artillery shells at various neighborhoods, especially in the eastern area of the city, causing casualties and serious damage in Abasan, Bani Soheila, and Khuza’a.
In Rafah, in Gaza’s southmost part, the army fired a missile at a home in the center of the city, killing seven Palestinians, including four children, and wounding many.
In Gaza City, Israeli missiles killed at least two Palestinians and wounded many in a home in the Sheja’eyya neighborhood; media sources said at least nine Palestinians remain buried under the rubble.
Furthermore, the army fired missiles at homes in the Salahuddin Street area and the Zeitoun neighborhoods southeast of Gaza City, in addition to a mosque in the city.
The army also continued the extensive shelling, destroying a four-story house belonging to the Hassouna family on Al-Nafaq Street north of Gaza City, causing damage to surrounding homes.
Also, at least eight Palestinians were killed, and many were injured when the army fired missiles at cars in the Tuffah neighborhood in Gaza City.
It is worth mentioning that the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights announced about 1.7 million Palestinians were forcibly displaced inside the Gaza Strip due to the ongoing Israeli aggression against the strip, which resulted in the killing of 33,000 people, the majority of whom are children and women.
UNHCR spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani said in a press conference at the United Nations office in Geneva that “resolving the catastrophic situation experienced by civilians in Gaza must remain a priority,” the WAFA News Agency said and added that Israel continues to impose illegal restrictions on the entry and distribution of humanitarian aid in Gaza, and that Israel bombed all areas in the Strip.
The Palestinian Health Ministry said the Israeli army committed seven new massacres against entire families, killing dozens of Palestinians, including 68 who were moved to hospitals, while many remain under the rubble, in addition to wounding more than 94.
Israel has now killed at least 33.797 Palestinians, and injured more than 76.465, mostly women and children, in addition to the thousands who remain missing, largely under the rubble, in various parts of the Gaza Strip, since October 7, 2023.
