Fri. Sep 20th, 2024

GAZA: At least nine Palestinians were killed and several others injured this morning as Israeli airstrikes and artillery shelling targeted various areas of the Gaza Strip, marking the 308th day of the ongoing Israeli genocide.

In one of the deadly attacks, four people were murdered and others were injured when Israeli forces bombed a house belonging to the Mattar family in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza.

Local sources reported that the bodies of the deceased were recovered, and the wounded were transported to Al-Awda and Al-Aqsa Hospitals.

In another strike, two individuals were killed and several others were injured in an Israeli attack on the Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza, local sources reported.

Additionally, emergency teams recovered the bodies of two victims, including a child, from the town of Abasan, east of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. A young man was also killed by Israeli snipers in the same area.

Another airstrike hit a house east of the Jabalia refugee camp in nor
thern Gaza, injuring 18 people, including children.

Yesterday, Israeli warplanes carried out multiple airstrikes on Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, coinciding with new evacuation orders issued by the Israeli military for several neighborhoods in the city.

The ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza since October 7, 2023, has so far resulted in 39,699 documented Palestinian fatalities, mostly women and children, in addition to 91,722 injuries. Thousands of victims remain trapped under rubble, inaccessible to emergency and civil defense teams due to Israeli attacks.

Source: Palestine news & Information Agency – WAFA