Dozen more civilians killed in Israeli bombardments in Gaza

GAZA: At least 10 Palestinian civilians, including children and women, were killed tonight as a result of Israeli airstrikes targeting a residential building in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza, and a farmland in the northern outskirts of Rafah, in the south of the enclave. In central Gaza, local sources reported that Israeli warplanes bombed a residential apartment in the city of Deir al-Balah, killing three civilians. Meantime, seven Palestinians, including three children and a woman, were killed when Israeli occupation forces targeted an agricultural land sheltering displaced individuals in Khirbet Al-Adas neighborhood, located north of Rafah in southern Gaza. Simultaneously, Israeli artillery carried out intensive shelling on the city of Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip, while aerial strikes targeted the Al-Sekka Street and the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza City. According to local health authorities, the latest figures bring up the number of people killed by Israeli occupation forces across the enclave since the early morning of Saturday to 66, including 11 in Khan Yunis, and approximately 44 in central Gaza. In a preliminary count, the death toll of the ongoing Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip since October 7th has now risen to a documented 28,858, with 68,677 others injured, according to the Ministry of Health. Source: Palestine News and Information Agency – WAFA