On Saturday, the Israeli army continued its onslaught on the Palestinians in several parts of the Gaza Strip as the offensive entered its 85th day, killing and wounding dozens of Palestinians.
Journalist Jabr Abu Hadros from Al-Quds Today Channel and six members of his family were killed when Israeli warplanes fired a missile at his home in the Nusseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, bringing the number of slain journalists since October 7 to 108.
Also in Nusseirat, several Palestinians were killed many Palestinians and injured dozens after firing a missile at a home for the Al-Wawi family, while several Palestinians were injured when the army bombarded their homes near a fuel station.
In the Zawaida town in central Gaza, at least two Palestinians were killed, and several others were injured when the army fired a missile at a home for the Al-Aydi family.
In addition, Israeli navy ships and ground forces fired many missiles and shells at homes east of the Al-Boreij and Al-Maghazi refugee camps and west of Deir Al-Balah, causing many casualties.
In Gaza City, the army fired dozens of missiles and shells at homes and buildings in the Daraj, Tuffah, and Sheja’eyya neighborhoods, killing and wounding dozens of Palestinians.
Sources at the Shifa Medical Center in Gaza said it received the corpses of 35 Palestinians, in addition to the dozens of wounded Palestinians, in less than 24 hours and added that many slain and wounded Palestinians remain buried under the rubbles in areas where medics and rescue teams have been unable to enter due to Israel’s constant bombing and siege.
An entire city in northern Gaza has been rendered effectively uninhabitable.
This aerial footage reveals the full extent of the destruction in Beit Lahiya: pic.twitter.com/MaZp5np5EB
— AJ+ (@ajplus) December 30, 2023
The Al-Jazeera News Agency, and after managing to enter the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in Gaza, published a vide of the extensive destruction and the dozens of corpses, after the army surrounded and bombarded the neighborhoods for several days.
عشرات الجثث في الشوارع.. الجزيرة ترصد الدمار الذي خلفه الجيش الإسرائيلي بعد أن حاصر حي الشيخ رضوان في مدينة غزة عدة أيام#حرب_غزة #الأخبار pic.twitter.com/FWnGg8cYDv
— الجزيرة فلسطين (@AJA_Palestine) December 30, 2023
In Jabalia town, in northern Gaza, Israeli missiles killed and injured dozens of Palestinians. Civil Defense medics found the corpses of many slain Palestinians, including the father of a journalist, Abdul-Nasser Abu ‘Awn, and several members of the Abu Matar family.
In Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, the army pushed a seven brigade into the destroyed city and Khuza’a town three weeks after the beginning of the ground offensive on the coastal region.
Israeli missiles killed at least nine Palestinians and injured dozens, while many remain under the rubble in several parts of Khan Younis.
In Rafah, in the southern part of the coastal enclave, the army fired a missile at a five-story home; however, the missile did not explode after striking the building, causing damage and wounding several Palestinians.
The Israeli army said a commander and 21 soldiers were killed in gun battles with Palestinian fighters in northern Gaza, bringing the number of killed soldiers since the beginning of the ground offensive, on October 27, to 174 and the total number of killed soldiers since October 7 to 502.
It is worth mentioning that the Israeli army has killed at least 210 Palestinians and injured more than 360 in the last 24 hours, in addition to the dozens who remain buried under the rubble and the residents who went missing.
The Palestinian Health Ministry said that the army committed massacres against entire families after bombing their homes in several parts of the Gaza Strip.
Israel has now killed at least 21.507 Palestinians and injured more than 55.915, the majority of whom are civilians, including women and children, in several parts of the coastal region since October 7.
