Thu. Sep 19th, 2024

GAZA: Two children were killed and others were injured late Tuesday night in Israeli airstrikes targeting a house in the Shaboura refugee camp in Rafah in central Rafah city in the southern Gaza Strip.

WAFA correspondent reported that a little boy and his baby sister were killed and several others were wounded in an Israeli shelling that targeted a house in the Shaboura camp.

In the last few hours, the occupation warplanes launched a series of raids on areas east and north of Rafah.

According to medical sources, three civilians, including a child, were killed and others were injured in an Israeli bombardment of an apartment in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Strip. The occupation fighter aircraft also bombed a house in Deir al Balah city, in central Gaza.

The occupation aerial forces also shelled residential blocks in the al-Mughraqa area of central Gaza.

Sources said that rescue teams recovered nine bodies from the Khan Yunis camp in the southern Strip, noting that search, rescue and recovery o
perations are still ongoing in the camp.

According to data, more than 10 thousand civilians are still missing since the beginning of the Israeli aggression on Gaza on October 7, 2023, noting that most of the missing persons are still trapped under the rubble as rescue teams continue to face enormous risks and challenges to reach them.

Three civilians were also wounded in an Israeli artillery shelling of Mansoura Street in the al-Shuja’iyya neighborhood to the east of Gaza City.

Israeli warplanes also launched air raids targeting the Zeitoun neighborhood in Gaza City and the town of Beit Lahia in the northern Strip.

Preliminary data on the number of casualties documented since the start of the Israeli aggression on Gaza indicate that 34535 people were killed, most of whom were children and women, and 77704 others were injured.

Source: Palestine news & Information Agency – WAFA