On Wednesday, the Israeli army continued the bombing and shelling of various parts of the devastated, besieged and starved Gaza Strip, killing and wounding dozens of Palestinians, including children and women.
In Khan Younis, in southern Gaza, one Palestinian, Yahia Abdul-Hamid Ashour, was killed and many injured, when the army fired missiles at the Qizan Abu Rashwan area, in the southern part of the city.
Two Palestinians were injured when an Israeli drone bombing the Al-Jame’in street in Khuza’a town, east of Khan Younis.
Five Palestinians were killed and many injured in an Israeli bombing of in Shuja’iyya neighborhood, in the eastern area of Gaza city.
Medical sources said the search is still ongoing under the rubble of a home, owned by Palestinians from Abu Amsha family, that was bombarded earlier Wednesday.
Palestinian medical sources have confirmed that, in an earlier bombing of Shuja’iyya, the Israeli army has killed 35 Palestinians, including eight children, in Shuja’iyya neighborhood, and injured at least fifty, mostly children and women.
Israeli daily, Haaretz, said that Israeli officer stated that the army is targeting everyone in its path in Gaza, regardless of innocence, to satisfy demands from Israelis who do not consider Gaza’s residents to be innocent.
It also cited security sources indicating that the army plans to transform Rafah into part of a buffer zone, with no intention of allowing residents to return to the area.
Breaking: From the site of the horrific Israeli massacre just moments ago in Al-Shujaiya neighborhood—reports speak of 500 killed, injured, or missing. pic.twitter.com/B7h5nwUVqT
— Ramy Abdu| رامي عبده (@RamAbdu) April 9, 2025
Meanwhile, Al Jazeera reported that Israeli forces carried out demolitions of residential buildings in Rafah, in Gaza’s southmost part.
The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates has condemned the brutal massacre committed by Israeli forces in the Shuja’iyya neighborhood of Gaza on Wednesday, which resulted in the deaths of 30 Palestinians, including children and women, and left dozens injured.
In an official statement, the Ministry described the massacre as a deliberate and systematic act of collective killing aimed at destroying the foundations of Palestinian existence in Gaza and forcibly driving its residents to emigrate under the pressure of occupation.
The Ministry expressed deep frustration with the international community’s inaction in the face of massacres, genocide, forced displacement, land theft, and annexation of Palestinian territories.
It reiterated its call for serious international measures to end Israel’s targeting of civilians, urging a departure from the prevailing patterns of international responses toward positions and actions aligned with international law. The Ministry emphasized the need to implement relevant resolutions of international legitimacy to ensure an immediate halt to killings and genocide.
Earlier Wednesday, the Israeli army intensified its bombing and shelling across the devastated, starved, and besieged Gaza Strip, killing and wounding dozens of Palestinians.
Since Israel resumed the Gaza genocide on March 18 the Israeli army has killed at least 1500 Palestinians and injured thousands, largely children and women, in various parts of the devastated Gaza Strip.
Israel has now killed at least 50,767 Palestinians, including 9,803 women and 15,613 children, in addition to approximately 11,000 who remain missing, largely under the rubble of bombarded homes and buildings, in addition to wounding more than 115,225 Palestinians.
