Dozens of innocent civilians were brutally murdered and others injured as a result of the ongoing Israeli airstrikes and artillery bombardments across the Gaza Strip since the early morning of today. The relentless attacks resulted in the tragic loss of dozens of civilian lives, leaving many more wounded and infrastructure in ruins.
WAFA correspondents said the Israeli aerial assault involved intense bombings and artillery shelling on residential homes in the northern areas of the Gaza Strip, with a focus on the Jabalia refugee camp and the town of Beit Lahiya. The strikes also targeted schools sheltering displaced families, igniting massive fires in the affected areas.
The eastern neighborhoods of Gaza City, particularly the Sheujaea and Tuffah districts, bore the brunt of the Israeli airstrikes, resulting in the tragic deaths of several individuals and the injury of many others. The dire situation was exacerbated as emergency vehicles struggled to evacuate the casualties due to the destruction of infrast
ructure and impassable roads caused by the relentless Israeli bombings.
In the heart of Gaza City, the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood faced severe bombardment, directly hitting homes that sheltered displaced families, including women, children, and the elderly.
The airstrikes extended to central Gaza, where Israeli occupation forces targeted residential areas north of the Nuseirat refugee camp, causing the loss of at least 10 lives and extensive damage to civilian infrastructure.
The Israeli bombardment spared neither religious nor medical institutions. The Yafa Mosque in Deir al-Balah, one of the city’s largest mosques, was completely destroyed by an Israeli airstrike. Additionally, the Yafa Specialized Hospital in the city suffered substantial damage, rendering it out of service.
The province of Khan Yunis, in the southern region of the Gaza Strip, further faced a barrage of carpet bombings from Israeli aircraft particularly in the towns of Bani Suheila, Sheikh Nasser, Abasan, and Qarara. The airstrikes ext
ensively damaged homes and entire neighborhoods, plunging the city into further distress.
In the northern province of Gaza, Israeli tanks have been reported roaming the streets of Jabalia refugee camp, launching artillery shells in all directions, resulting in numerous civilian casualties, according to witnesses. The indiscriminate attacks have claimed lives, with wounded individuals left without immediate medical assistance due to the halt in medical services across the province.
Medical sources in Gaza have revealed that approximately 400,000 citizens are now without any healthcare coverage as a result of the ongoing Israeli attacks from the land, air and sea.
In a distressing phone call from inside the Al-Yemen Al-Saeed Hospital, now used as a shelter for displaced persons in the Jabalia refugee camp, displaced individuals reported that an Israeli tank halted wreaking havoc outside the hospital gates fired shells at the first and fourth floors of the hospital. This resulted in the murder of several civi
lians.
Witnesses also reported witnessing armed Israeli forces firing upon civilians in the streets in the Jabalia refugee camp, resulting in multiple civilian casualties. Witnesses have confirmed that the bodies of the victims are scattered across the streets of the camp.
The attacks also extended to another shelter center at the Indonesian Hospital, where intense shelling resulted in additional casualties and injuries. A number of displaced individuals, arrested by Israeli occupation forces in the vicinity of the hospital, were taken to unknown locations.
Witnesses and activists confirmed that Israeli occupation forces are bombarding northern Gaza with phosphorus and smoke shells, especially around shelter centers. The campaign of arrests intensified in Gaza City and its northern areas, focusing on the Bait Lahia project, northern Gaza, and Jabalia camp. Displaced individuals are being subjected to humiliation and stripped of their clothes at gunpoint during arrests, as reported by witnesses.
According
to the latest statistics of the Ministry of Health, the number of Palestinians killed since the beginning of the Israeli aggression on Gaza has risen to over 16,456, and approximately 42,250 people have been wounded. The majority of the victims are children, elderly individuals, and women.
The ongoing Israeli aggression has brought immense suffering to the civilian Palestinian population in the Gaza Strip, with casualties, particularly among innocent children and healthcare workers, mounting around the clock.
Source: Palestine news and Information Agency – WAFA – English