Throughout the night and morning hours Friday, the Israeli army continued its indiscriminate bombing and shelling of civilian areas in the Gaza Strip, killing dozens of Palestinians, including ten medics, and wounding hundreds.
The Israeli missiles and shells were fired from the land, the air, and the sea, targeting all parts of the impoverished, devastated, and destroyed coastal region.
In Gaza City, Israeli missiles killed at least nine Palestinians and injured many others in several neighborhoods, in addition to the Judur Ed-Deek area and near the Gaza Port.
In central Gaza, Palestinian medics located the corpses of two Palestinians under the rubble of homes after the army fired missiles at them in the Zawaida town; many were killed and injured in the bombing.
Casualties were also reported when the army fired missiles and shells at several parts of central Gaza.
In addition, the Israeli army bombed the Civil Defense and Ambulance Unit, in central Gaza, killing at least 10 medics, and wounding many.
In the Al-Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza, many Palestinians were killed and dozens injured, while the army also bombarded areas east of the nearby Al-Boreij refugee camp.
In addition, Israeli navy ships fired missiles and live fire at Palestinians near the shores of Deir Al-Balah, in central Gaza, while the Air Force fired many missiles and artillery shells at several parts of the city.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said the army fired a missile at the home of the director of the Emergency Center in Central Gaza, Anwar Abu Holy, in the Al-Maghazi refugee camp, killing and wounding many Palestinians and burying many under the rubble.
Also, medics and rescue teams located the corpses of several Palestinians and rescued many others from the rubble of a bombarded home in the refugee camp.
An Israeli drone fired live rounds at Palestinians who sheltered in make-shift tents near the main entrance of the Al-Masdar village in central Gaza.
In the Nusseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, the army killed five Palestinians and injured many others after the soldiers fired a missile at a car.
Israeli missiles and artillery shells struck many homes and buildings in Zawaida, Nusseirat, Al-Maghazi, Al-Boreij, and the Wadi Gaza Bridge area, causing many casualties.
In Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, at least three Palestinians were killed and more than five injured when the army bombarded the Mawasi Al-Qarara area.
At least one woman was killed, and several Palestinians injured in the Al-Qarara town, north of Khan Younis.
The Israeli army fired many missiles and shells at homes and buildings in several areas southeast of Khan Younis, causing many casualties.
It is worth mentioning that the Israeli army wired and detonated various residential blocks in Khuza’a town and several surrounding areas east of Khan Younis.
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At least one Palestinian was killed and several others injured by Israeli shells near the European Hospital, southeast of Khan Younis, and two Palestinians were killed and many injured in the Al-Fakhari area, east of Khan Younis, while the army also bombarded a home for Kaware’ family, east of the city.
At least fourteen Palestinians, including nine children, were killed, and dozens were injured when the army fired a missile at tents used by Palestinian families in the Al-Mawasi coastal area, west of Khan Younis.
It is worth mentioning that the Israeli army resumed the firing of missiles and shells into areas surrounding Nasser Hospital, Al-Amal Hospital, and the Red Crescent Society building in Khan Younis.
In Rafah, in southern Gaza, the army killed at least five Palestinians and injured many others in a home for the Abu Sinjer family in the center of the city.
Israel has now killed at least 22.430 Palestinians, including 9730 children and 6830 women, in addition to 7000 missing, largely buried under the rubble, and injured more than 57.600, mostly women and children, in 91 days.