Dozens of Palestinian civilians have been killed and injured as the Israeli occupation forces continue with the deadly strikes across Gaza strip on day 317 of the regime’s genocidal war on the besieged enclave.
Israel continues unabated killing of civilians on day 317 of genocidal Gaza war
18 Aug 2024 - 13:24
Dozens of Palestinian civilians have been killed and injured as the Israeli occupation forces continue with the deadly strikes across Gaza strip on day 317 of the regime’s genocidal war on the besieged enclave.
Palestinian rescue teams recovered the bodies of four individuals and several wounded from two targeted residential apartments in the Al-Zayan building in the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza.
Local sources reported that Israeli warplanes struck a residential apartment in Deir al-Balah, resulting in the killing of seven civilians, including a mother and her six children.
Meantime, airstrikes targeted a home in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, killing four people and injuring dozens.
Also in central part of the besieged strip, in Gaza City, Israeli military vehicles fired heavy gunfire at homes in the Sabra and Zaytoun neighborhoods, while intense artillery shelling and air raids further devastated these areas.
In the Sabra neighborhood of Gaza City, emergency responders from the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) transferred a slain individual and several injured people from a bombed home to the Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in the city.
To the south of the Gaza Strip, Israeli airstrikes hit a home in the town of Abasan Al-Kabira, east of Khan Younis, killing four people and injuring six others.
Simultaneously, Israeli artillery targeted several areas around Rafah, accompanied by heavy gunfire.
A day earlier, Israeli forces carried out a massacre in the Al-Zawayda area in Deir al-Balah, killing at least 15 Palestinians. The health ministry in Gaza said that the Israeli occupation army committed five massacres in different areas of the Gaza Strip, killing at least 69 civilians and injuring over 136 others, while a large number of victims are still under the rubble of bombed buildings or lying on roads.
In a statement, the health ministry said that the Israeli army killed and injured a large number of civilians in different areas of Gaza during the past 24 hours, but at least 205 of them, including 69 martyrs, were transported to hospitals.
The health ministry added that the death toll from the ongoing Israeli bombardments and shooting attacks, which started on October 7, climbed to 40,074 martyrs and the number of the wounded surged to 92,537 people.
Besides the large number of casualties and the huge displacement of people, basic food, fuel, water and medical supplies have run out for the 2.3 million residents in Gaza due to the tight Israeli blockade and the massive destruction of infrastructure and facilities.
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