On Tuesday, Day 326 of the ongoing genocide of the Palestinians in the devastated, surrounded, starved, and destroyed Gaza Strip, Israeli missiles and shells killed and injured dozens of Palestinians, including children and women, across the coastal enclave.
In Jabalia, in northern Gaza, the army fired a missile at a street vendor’s stand in the Jabalia refugee camp, killing three Palestinians and wounding many.
In Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, the army fired a missile at a home for the Ziyada family in Khan Younis refugee camp, killing four Palestinians and wounding many, including children and women.
The injured child, Rehab Al-Shawa (9 years old), suffered a broken jaw and facial disfigurement due to an Israeli airstrike on a school sheltering displaced people in Gaza. There is an urgent appeal for her to receive medical treatment abroad. pic.twitter.com/XK3jVSJFj2
— Ramy Abdu| رامي عبده (@RamAbdu) August 26, 2024
In addition, the army fired many shells and carried out two airstrikes at several areas, east of Khan Younis.
The Israeli army also fired shells at a home for the Ferwana family in the Hollandi neighborhood in Khan Younis.
The Israeli army also completed its withdrawal from Hamad city, north of Khan Younis, after wiring, detonating, and bombing dozens of homes and buildings.
The remains of two young sisters from the Hamdan family have been gathered into a bag of flour after an Israeli airstrike had targeted their home in Khan Younis refugee camp, resulting in their killing along with three other family members. pic.twitter.com/NFNV9zzjXQ
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) August 27, 2024
Over the last twenty-four hours, Israeli missiles and shells killed more than twenty-one Palestinians, including five who were assassinated by a missile while in a car, and injured dozens, in several parts of Khan Younis.
It is worth mentioning that the army fired many missiles at buildings and homes in areas northwest of Rafah, in Gaza’s southmost part.
The army also fired barrages of live rounds at the Shakoush area and the tents of displaced families in Maswadi Rafah, before carrying out a limited ground invasion into the area.
Furthermore, at least one Palestinian was killed when the army fired a missile at a car, north of Rafah.
In Gaza City, the army fired a missile at a home for the Zeino family on Jaffa Street, east of the city, killing seven Palestinians and wounding many.
Despite Al-Mawasi in Khan Younis was declared “safe”, the israelis strike a local civilian car killing 5 Palestinian people & wounding scores of others pic.twitter.com/QjmPfaPpKn
— Sarah Wilkinson (@swilkinsonbc) August 26, 2024
Medical sources said at least seven Palestinians were killed when the army bombarded a home for the Na’san family on Al-Yarmouk Street in the center of Gaza City, where many families sheltered, while the search continues for potential victims and survivors.
The sources added that seven Palestinians were also killed near the Fishermen’s Port and three others were killed near the Imam Shafi’i School, in Gaza City.
In Deir Al-Balah, in central Gaza, the army fired a missile at Sawa’ed Society in the city, causing several injuries.
The army also fired a missile at the Al-Musaddar area, east of Deir Al-Balah, killing one woman and wounding several Palestinians.
In addition, the army fired a missile at an apartment in the Hadeel Tower in the Al-Maghazi refugee camp, killing seven Palestinians, including children and women, and wounding many.
At least nine Palestinians were injured when the army fired a shell at a home for the Wishah family in the Al-Boreij refugee camp, in central Gaza.
This father has nothing left to remember his children by, except for their toys 💔 pic.twitter.com/sxysgMRbRe
— Nadira Ali🇵🇸 (@Nadira_ali12) August 26, 2024
Louise Wateridge, Senior Communications Officer of UNRWA said that “the situation in Gaza is nothing but catastrophic,” adding that “families are being forced from place to place, all while surrounded by tanks, bombs & strikes”
“Weeks of repeated displacement orders across south and middle of Gaza. Day in, day out, thousands of families are forced from place to place, most on foot with few belongings. All while surrounded by tanks and bombs”, Wateridge stated.
At least five Palestinian people are killed this morning by the israelis in an air strike on Khan Younis refugee camp, including a three year-old child pic.twitter.com/Rvlr67T5uL
— Sarah Wilkinson (@swilkinsonbc) August 27, 2024
Over the last twenty-four hours, the army committed three massacres of families across the Gaza Strip, killing and wounding dozens of Palestinians, among them 41 slain Palestinians and 133 wounded who were moved to hospitals, the Palestinian Health Ministry said.
Israel has now killed at least 40,476 Palestinians and injured more than 93,647, in addition to the thousands who remain under the rubble, in destroyed alleys, and on bombarded streets, across the Gaza Strip, since October 7, 2023.
