Mon. Sep 16th, 2024

GAZA: Three Palestinian civilians were killed and several others injured this afternoon following a series of Israeli airstrikes targeting western Gaza City and the area west of the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) reported that two of the victims and several injured individuals were transported to the Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City after Israeli missiles struck a group of civilians near Al-Azhar University in the city.

Meantime, WAFA correspondent reported that another victim and several injured were recovered from a water transport vehicle that was hit by Israeli shelling west of the Nuseirat refugee camp. The casualties were taken to Al-Awda Hospital in the camp.

Earlier in the day, medical sources at the Al-Ahli Arab Hospital confirmed that five Palestinians had been brought to the facility following an Israeli drone strike that targeted civilians on Salah al-Din Street in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City.

The ongoing Israeli agg
ression on Gaza since October 2023 has so far resulted in 41,206 documented Palestinian fatalities, with over 95,337 others injured.

Thousands of victims are feared trapped under rubble, inaccessible to emergency and civil defense teams due to Israeli attacks.

Source: Palestine News and Information Agency – WAFA