Tue. Sep 17th, 2024

More than 30 people were killed today and others were injured in an airstrike targeting inhabited homes in the al-Zaytoun and al-Shujaiya neighborhoods, east of Gaza City in the north of the Gaza Strip, according to WAFA correspondent.

He said Israeli warplanes bombed dozens of homes in the al-Zaytoun and al-Shuja’iya neighborhoods, which led to at least 30 people killed, the majority of whom were children, and the wounding of others.

Warplanes had bombed a group of civil defense crews in the al-Tuffah neighborhood, resulting in two deaths, 10 others injured, and the destruction of the location.

WAFA correspondent said the Israeli occupation artillery was surrounding al-Zaytoun neighborhood, specifically the old town of Gaza City, amid heavy bombing from warplanes and drones.

In a related context, the Red Crescent Society said paramedic Osama Tayeh, 37, a volunteer first responder with the Red Crescent Ambulance in al-Faluja area in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip, was killed after he refused to leave
northern Gaza for the south and insisted on continuing to provide emergency health care services to the people. Another one was injured.

Source: Palestine news and Information Agency – WAFA