On Friday, Day 308 of the ongoing genocide of the Palestinians in the devastated and impoverished Gaza Strip, the army continued the bombing and shelling of various parts of the coastal enclave, killing and wounding dozens of Palestinians.
On Friday night, the army fired a missile at a home for the Hamada family, west of the Nusseirat refugee camp, in central Gaza, killing four Palestinians and wounding many others, including Palestinians in two neighboring homes for the Abu Rahma and Al-Huwwari families.
Also in Nusseirat, the army fired many missiles at homes, structures, and lands, south of the refugee camp.
The army also fired shells at farmland near the Zawaida graveyard, southwest of the Nusseirat refugee camp.
Distressing | Palestinian children arrive at the hospital as lifeless bodies after an Israeli airstrike on a residential building west of Deir al-Balah, which slaughtered four Palestinians, including three children. pic.twitter.com/vjjY9kLiKO
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) August 9, 2024
In Deir Al-Balah, in central Gaza, the army fired a missile at a tent housing a displaced family near the Al-Mazra’a School, east of the city, killing four Palestinians and wounding many others, including children and women.
The army also fired a missile at a home near the Al-Mazra’a School, killing and wounding many Palestinians.
Also in Deir Al-Balah, several Palestinians, including two children, were killed and many were injured after the army fired a missile at a home in the city.
Casualties were also reported after the army fired a missile at a home in Bloc 3 of the Al-Boreij refugee camp, in central Gaza.
While most Western people enjoy summer and the Olympic Games/@jeuxolympiques, the #genocide in Palestine continues unabated. No sign for now of UNSC or other influential member states intervening to stop it. Pure madness. #WakeUp
End the #GenocideinGaza #CeasefireNOW https://t.co/ioferbnPRq— Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur oPt (@FranceskAlbs) August 9, 2024
In Gaza City, at least two Palestinians were killed and many were injured when the army fired a missile at a home in the area of As-Samer Junction, in the center of the city.
In northern Gaza, Israeli navy ships fired barrages of live rounds and many shells at various areas in the northwestern part of the coastal enclave.
In Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, the army bombarded several areas, especially missiles fired from war jets at the Al-Qarara area, northeast of the city.
The Israeli army said, Friday, that it initiated a new large-scale offensive in Khan Younis, adding that the ground assault is led by Brigade 98, allegedly after receiving information that Palestinian fighters are in the area.
The army added that it is operating to “prevent Palestinian fighters from rebuilding their capabilities,” and stated that it bombed 30 sites in Khan Younis, killing and wounding many fighters.
UN Human Rights Chief @volker_turk is shocked & appalled by words of Israeli Minister Smotrich for whom letting 2 million Palestinians in #Gaza starve to death could be “justified & moral” in order to free hostages.
We condemn these words in the strongest terms. pic.twitter.com/463jqstHct
— UN Human Rights (@UNHumanRights) August 9, 2024
This massive ground invasion of Khan Younis is the third since the beginning of the assault on Gaza.
In Rafah, in Gaza’s southmost part, many casualties were reported in Israeli bombings of several parts of the city, while the army also wired and detonated many homes and buildings in the western areas of the city.
In related news, CNN has reported that the United States “released $3.5 Billion to Israel to spend on buying American weapons and military equipment.
Reuters reported that the State Department notified US lawmakers, on Thursday night, “that the government intended to release the billions of dollars worth of foreign military financing to Israel,” and added that the money is part of the $14.1 Billion “supplemental funding bill for Israel.
Euro-Med Human Rights monitor said the Israeli army killed 31 Palestinian infants and children, Friday, and added, “On average, Israel kills one child every 15 minutes.”
Israel has now killed at least 39.699 Palestinians, and injured at least 91.722, mostly children, women, and elderly, in addition to the about 10.000 who remain under the rubble of bombarded homes and streets, in destroyed streets and alleys in various parts of the Gaza Strip, since October 7, 2023.
