On Sunday, Day 324 of the ongoing genocide, amidst worsening humanitarian crises and the displacement of about 95% of the population, famine, and diseases, Israeli missiles and shells struck various parts of the devastated and destroyed Gaza Strip, killing and wounding dozens of Palestinians, including children and women.
Media sources said the aerial and artillery bombardment struck various parts of the Gaza Strip, targeting homes, displaced persons’ shelters, and streets, causing dozens of deaths and wounding many.
The army also continued the ground invasion of neighborhoods in Rafah, in Gaza’s southmost part, since May 7, and several areas in Khan Younis, in southern Gaza, Gaza City, and Deir al-Balah in central Gaza, amidst aerial and artillery bombardment.
Seven Palestinians were killed, and many were injured when the army bombarded a home Muammar family in the Al-Haker area, in Deir Al-Balah; they were identified as Mohammad Ahmad Abu Muammar, Ahmad Mohammad Abu Muammar, Adham Nazir Abu Muammar, Mousa Abu Muammar, Zakaria Ahmad Abu Muammar, and Abdullah Mohammad Abu Muammar.
Also in Deir Al-Balah, two Palestinians were killed and a third was injured in an Israeli bombardment of the vicinity of Al-Anan Stadium in Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip.
Furthermore, the administration of Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip said in a statement that the medical center will continue to provide medical services to the patients despite the challenges, threats from the army, and the lack of medical supplies.
Also, the army fired flares and live rounds at the Al-Asra City, northwest of Nusseirat refugee camp, and the Al-Qassam Graveyard, in central Gaza, causing several injuries.
A child was injured when the army bombarded the area near the Bank of Palestine building, east of Deir Al-Balah, while one Palestinian was killed by a bullet fired from an Israeli military drone in the Al-Mufti area, north of Nusseirat.
In related news, the Israeli army ordered the evacuation of Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah, forcing patients and wounded civilians stranded in the streets.
The Israeli occupation army today ordered Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah to evacuate, leaving hundreds of wounded civilians stranded in the streets, as all other operating hospitals have either been destroyed or evacuated. pic.twitter.com/VQx2RK5pRJ
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) August 25, 2024
An Israeli war jet also fired a missile at the dome of the Al-Qassam Mosque in the center of the -Nusseirat camp.
The Israeli army also fired many missiles and shells at the Tall al-Sultan neighborhood west of Rafah city, while the army wired and detonated residential buildings in the area.
Many Palestinians were killed and injured when the army fired a missile at a house for the Al-Ajeel family, near the Friends of the Patient Hospital, west of Gaza City.
In addition, the army fired missiles at Abasan Al-Kabira town, east of Khan Younis, causing casualties.
Furthermore, the army launched an air strike on the town of Abasan al-Kabira, east of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip.
This boy, Omar, aged 9, was forced to watch his father burn alive in Rafah
Now he speaks, and the world needs to listen to him. pic.twitter.com/575zF67jBG
— Khalissee (@Kahlissee) August 24, 2024
Medical and local sources reported that the bodies of four slain Palestinians from Al-Qarara town, northeast of Khan Yunis, arrived at Nasser Hospital.
They were identified as Mohammad Khaled Al-Astal, Mohammad Suleiman Mohammed Abu Khashan, Abd Rabbo Ibrahim Abdul Rabbo Al-Astal, and Sabriyya Mustafa Attia.
Eyewitnesses said the army invaded the town of Abasan al-Jadeeda, east of Khan Younis, amidst heavy shelling.
In addition, a child, identified as Malik Khaled Al-Sha’er, died from critical wounds he sustained when the army fired a missile at displaced families the bombing of a group of citizens in the Batn Al-Sameen area, south of Khan Yunis, ten days ago.
In the Al-Qarara town, north of Khan Younis, medics and rescue teams recovered the body of a Palestinian from the rubble of a bombarded home.
In Gaza City, many Palestinians were injured when the army bombed a home in Shuhada Street, while one Palestinian was killed and many were injured when the army fired a missile at another home in Al-Mashahra Street, east of Gaza City.
Also, three Palestinians were killed, and many were injured when the army fired a missile at displaced Palestinians, east of Gaza City’s Zeitoun neighborhood.
The emergency dept at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital has been forcibly and criminally evacuated by the israelis: the building is now ‘almost’ empty pic.twitter.com/5hBkow1XRQ
— Sarah Wilkinson (@swilkinsonbc) August 25, 2024
Many injuries were also reported when the Israeli Air Force fired a missile at a house on Shuhada Street in Gaza City.
Two Palestinians were killed, and many were injured when the army bombarded a house on Sikka Street in the Zeitoun neighborhood, south Gaza City.
Three Palestinians were killed, and many were injured when an Israeli missile struck an apartment of the Salloul family, north of Gaza City.
Media sources reported that several families were displaced from the vicinity of the Doula Junction in the Zeitoun neighborhood as a result of the ongoing artillery shelling that the neighborhood is currently witnessing, coinciding with the limited Israeli ground incursion, as Israeli forces are positioned near Street 8 in a ground incursion that is the sixth in the neighborhood since the beginning of the onslaught on Gaza.
Footage shows the aftermath of the Israeli occupation’s invasion of Canada neighborhood in Rafah city, southern Gaza Strip.
The area is rendered completely uninhabitable, as Israel has deliberately destroyed all infrastructure and the main water well. pic.twitter.com/Y4ZV5NHpME
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) August 25, 2024
In addition, medical sources have confirmed that, since the morning Sunday, the bodies of seventeen Palestinians were recovered under the rubble and were moved to Nasser Medical Center and the European Hospital, in Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.
Also in Khan Younis, the Palestinian Civil Defense said its medics retrieved the bodies of eleven Palestinians from the rubble of the Abu Hadrous family home, which was recently bombarded in Hamad City, west of Khan Younis.
Medical sources have reported that a group of citizens were injured in an Israeli bombardment that targeted them on the Red Cross Street in the center of Khan Younis and added that two Palestinians were killed when the army bombarded a nearby area.
The sources added that three slain Palestinians, who were killed in an Israeli bombing of Rafah, in the southmost part of the Gaza Strip, were moved to Nasser Hospital. The three were identified as Yousef Khalil Al-Atrash Ahmad Tal’at Al-Akhras and Ibrahim Saber Shallouf.
The army also fired a shell at a home for the Daghma family, east of Khan Younis, wounding at least one Palestinian.
Footage shows the aftermath of the Israeli occupation’s invasion of Canada neighborhood in Rafah city, southern Gaza Strip.
The area is rendered completely uninhabitable, as Israel has deliberately destroyed all infrastructure and the main water well. pic.twitter.com/Y4ZV5NHpME
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) August 25, 2024
On its part, the Israeli army said a soldier was killed and another was seriously injured in central Gaza, bringing the number of slain soldiers to 702, including 337 who were killed since the beginning of the ground offensive on October 27.
In a statement, the United Nations warned that 15,000 children in Gaza are suffering from severe malnutrition.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health announced that the Israeli army “committed three massacres against families in the Gaza Strip, resulting in 71 deaths and 112, who were moved to hospitals in the last 24 hours, in addition to many who remain under the rubble.”
It added that Israel has now killed at least 40,405 Palestinians, including more than 16.365 children and 11.012 women, and injured more than 93,468 injuries, mostly children, women, and elderly, in addition to the thousands under the rubble, on bombarded streets and in destroyed alleys across the coastal enclave, since October 7, 2023.
