On Thursday, the Israeli army continued the bombing and shelling of various parts of the densely populated, destroyed, and besieged Gaza Strip, killing and wounding dozens of Palestinians, mostly children and women, in various parts of the coastal enclave.
Medical sources said the army fired a missile at a home for Palestinians from the Shaldan family, in Sahaba Street, in Gaza City, killing at least five Palestinians and wounding many.
The sources added that at least three Palestinians were killed and many were injured when the army fired a missile at a home for the Hamada family on Jaffa Street in the Tuffah neighborhood in Gaza City.
In the Sabra neighborhood of Gaza and the eastern areas of the city, the army fired missiles and shells at many homes, killing and wounding several Palestinians.
This Palestinian civilian was filming the bodies of those killed by Israeli occupation snipers in Gaza, unaware that the snipers were using the corpses as bait to lure more civilians to shoot.
The footage was later discovered on his phone when his own body was found near the… pic.twitter.com/S8Z7qixitz
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) August 8, 2024
Furthermore, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) has confirmed fifteen Palestinians were killed, and many more were injured, some seriously, when the army fired missiles and shells at the Abdul-Fattah and the Zahra’ schools, where families sheltered in Gaza City before they were moved to the Baptist Hospital.
The PRCS added that its medics also recovered the corpses of three Palestinians in the Zeitoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City.
In Beit Lahia, in northern Gaza, the army fired missiles at several areas of the city, including two schools where families sheltered, causing many casualties.
Central Gaza also witnesses various Israeli bombings, especially in the Nusseirat refugee camp and Al-Mughraqa area, leading to many casualties.
Among the bombarded buildings in central Gaza was a residential tower in Deir Al-Balah city.
Furthermore, Palestinian medics evacuated the corpses of fifteen Palestinians who were killed when Israeli soldiers detonated an entire residential bloc in the Al-Boreij refugee camp.
In Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, an Israeli drone fired a missile at a home in Bani Soheila town, east of the city, killing one woman, Souma Awwad, and wounding several Palestinians.
Also in Khan Younis, the army fired shells at several homes, east of Al-Qarara, killing six Palestinians and wounding many others.
The Israeli Airforce also carried out two airstrikes at the eastern areas of Rafah city, in the Gaza Strip’s southmost part.
The Israeli rights group @btselem has published a major new report documenting torture and rape of Palestinian prisoners inside Israeli prisons. The abuse is “systemic, ongoing and state-sanctioned,” says spokesperson @saritm0. pic.twitter.com/X9hNzFIrnI
— Democracy Now! (@democracynow) August 8, 2024
Also, the Israeli army fired a missile at a home for the Abu Hasna family, in the center of Abasan Al-Kabira town, east of Khan Younis, in addition to firing barrages of tank shells at the Al-Qarara town, east of Khan Younis, causing many casualties.
Furthermore, three siblings, Ahmad, Osama, and Leila Abu Khater, were killed when the army fired a missile at their home in the eastern part of the city.
In related news, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) stated that malnutrition cases among children in northern Gaza has increased by more than 300% in July compared to the documents figures this past May.
UNRWA added that date collected by the Global Nutrition Cluster and the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), revealed that 96% of Gaza’s population faces crisis levels of hunger.
UNRWA called on counties around the world to increase aid to the blockaded and destroyed Gaza Strip to alleviate the dire humanitarian situation.
Israel has now killed at least 39.677 Palestinians, and injured more than 91.645, largely children and women, in addition to the thousands who remain under the rubble, on destroyed streets, and in bombarded alleys, across the coastal enclave, since October 7. 2023.
