At least 24 civilians killed in Israeli strikes on Khan Yunis city in southern Gaza

GAZA: At least 24 civilians were killed and others were injured tonight in Israeli strikes on homes and areas sheltering the displaced people near the European Hospital in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, raising the death toll today to 55. The occupation artillery also shelled the eastern areas of Khan Yunis, as well as several areas in the center of the Gaza Strip. In the north of the Strip, the occupation air force dropped internationally banned phosphorus bombs on and around the market area of Jabalia. Local sources also reported that the occupation forces besieging the town and the Jabalia refugee camp broke into the homes of citizens and forced them out at gunpoint, before setting fire to several houses. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said that the Al-Ghalia Ambulance Center remained besieged by the occupation forces, thus threatening the safety of 127 citizens, including medical personnel and 22 wounded. Citizens in the town of Jabalia reportedly buried the bodies of 30 unidentified pe ople this morning, said sources. The death toll in the Gaza Strip since the start of the Israeli aggression on October 7 has risen to at least 20,000, including 8,000 children and 6,200 women, while the number of wounded has reached 52,600. Source: Palestine News and Information Agency – WAFA