On Friday, day 257 of the ongoing genocide by Israeli forces against the besieged and devastated Palestinian population of 2.2 million people in the Gaza Strip, Israeli missiles and shells continued to rain down on the people of Gaza.
Update 11:59 pm
Thirteen Palestinians, including children, were killed on Friday evening in Israeli air and artillery shelling of several areas in the Gaza Strip.
Local sources and paramedics said that two children were killed when the occupation artillery shelled the Awad family home in the town of Al-Fakhari, east of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip.
Seven Palestinians were also killed in shelling on several areas in Rafah Governorate, as the occupation air force bombed a house in the Al-Mawasi area west of Rafah city, which led to the killing of three Palestinians, while four others were killed in shelling that targeted a house in the town of Al-Nasr, northeast of the city.
Video below (from Hamza al-Namla) shows the Palestinian Civil Defense crew helping put out a fire that started when Israeli forces bombed a tent for displaced people near Al-Firdaws School on the beach west of Rafah Governorate.
4 buildings in Haret Hreik in the southern suburb of Gaza City were completely destroyed and razed to the ground. According to Israeli Army Radio, F-35 aircraft carried out the raids and used bunker-busting bombs.
Four Palestinianns were killed and a child was injured in an Israeli air strike west of the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip.
A citizen was killed and two others were injured in an Israeli airstrike on Al-Nasr neighborhood, north of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Friday evening.
The bombing targeted residential buildings, destroying several homes in the area, amidst a state of panic and fear among the defenceless citizens .
In the west of Rafah city, the occupation forces completely destroyed residential buildings, causing widespread destruction in the area, which increases the tragedy of the citizens who have been suffering since the outbreak of the aggression on the Strip .
On the maritime side, Israeli attacks continued, as gunboats opened fire towards the fishermen’s port west of Gaza City, causing severe damage to several boats and disrupting fishing activities, which are a source of livelihood for many families in Gaza .
Since October 7, 2023, the occupation army has continued its comprehensive war on the Gaza Strip by land, sea and air, leaving 41,534 people dead and 96,092 others injured, most of them women and children, in a toll that is still not final. Thousands are still missing under the rubble, in light of the difficulty of ambulance and rescue crews reaching the targeted sites
11:44 am report:
A young man was killed and others were injured on Friday morning when Israeli warplanes bombed tents for displaced people inside Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip.
It is with deep sadness that HEAL Palestine announces the killing of our Gaza Program Manager, Islam Hijazy, in Gaza today. She was the mother of two small children, and a humanitarian with the highest ethics and professionalism. Islam intentionally stayed in Gaza to help others.… pic.twitter.com/Jp4cIdD7V4
— healpalestine (@healpalestine_) September 26, 2024
A number of citizens were killed and others were injured in an Israeli bombardment on Gaza City at dawn on Friday. Local sources confirmed that the occupation aircraft targeted the Abu Shanab family’s house on Hamid Street, west of Gaza City, which led to the death of a number of martyrs and the injury of others.
Separately, five Palestinians were injured at dawn on Friday, when the Israeli occupation forces shelled an inhabited house in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip.
Palestinian Red Crescent paramedics reported that five people were injured when Israeli warplanes bombed the Badwan family home near the Al-Habash junction in Deir al-Balah camp and were transferred to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in the city.
My birthplace Jabalia Refugee Camp is turned to ruins, and journalists are reporting hundreds killed. I have no clue who in my family is dead or alive. Some mercy!! #Gaza #StopGenocideInGaza pic.twitter.com/Og4gQL2oND
— Dr. Abusalama (@ShahdAbusalama) October 31, 2023
The Israeli occupation’s artillery shelling continues east of the Zeitoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City.
In southern Gaza, a number of civilians were injured, due to the Israeli occupation targeting a group of residents in the town of Abasan al-Kabira, east of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip.
Israeli tanks continued their artillery shelling into Palestinian citizens’ homes and lands in the Al-Amur area, east of Al-Fakhari town, southeast of Khan Yunis city.
The Israeli occupation forces have continued their aggression on the Gaza Strip by land, sea and air since October 7, 2023, resulting in the killing of 41,534 citizens and the injury of 96,092 others, most of whom are children and women, in an incomplete toll, as thousands of missing people are still under the rubble and ambulance and rescue crews are unable to reach them.
Among the slain Palestinians are at least 16,640 children, 11,410 women, 183 journalists and 23 emergency responders, 885 medical staff, 82 Civil Defense staff, and 211 UNRWA staff.
The British Lancet Medical Journal and other experts estimate the death toll in Gaza is much higher – and could be above 200,000, when counting both direct and indirect deaths related to the Israeli war on Gaza.
This most recent escalation of Israel’s ongoing military occupation of Palestine began October 7th 2023 when 1,143 Israelis were killed, including 767 civilians and 376 armed soldiers. Around 500 Israeli soldiers have been killed between October 7th and now – both in Gaza and on the Israeli border with Lebanon.
