Dozens of Palestinian civilians killed in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza

GAZA: Dozens of Palestinian citizens, including children and women, were Monday dawn killed and injured in a series of Israeli raids and artillery shelling in the vicinity of Al-Shifa Hospital and various areas in the Gaza Strip, especially in Deir Al-Balah, at the Kuwait Roundabout, and in the city of Rafah and the eastern areas of Khan Yunis. Health sources in the Gaza Strip said that a number of citizens were killed and injured in an Israeli artillery and airstrike in the vicinity of Al-Shifa Hospital, west of Gaza, amid heavy fire from Israeli vehicles and tanks. According to local sources, the occupation forces demanded via loudspeakers the immediate evacuation of Al-Shifa Medical Complex in the Al-Rimal neighborhood, west of Gaza City, which they have besieged for the eighth day in a row. The occupation forces targeted people working in committees that ensure the distribution of humanitarian aid at the Kuwait roundabout, souces said. A number of citizens were injured as a result of an Israeli bombin g of Abu Amra family's home in Al-Hakar area in Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, while the number of slain civilians from the Salman family rose to 18 as a result of the bombing of their home on Al-Bi'ah Street in the city in the central Gaza Strip. A number of citizens wwere killed and others were iinjured after Israeli warplanes targeted a house owned by Barhoum family in Yabna camp in the center of the city of Rafah, where health sources at Al-Kuwaiti Hospital said that number of people were killed and wounded as a result of the Israeli bombing of homes in the camp. More than 27 citizens, including women and children, were killed in Israeli raids that targeted 5 homes in the city of Rafah since yesterday mmornig. The number of victims of the Israeli bombing of Deir al-Balah also rose to 10, and a large number of people are still under the rubble . The Israeli occupation has continued its aggression against the Gaza Strip since October 7th by land, sea and air, killing 32,226, the majority of wh om are children and women, and leaving more than 74,518 injuries, an infinite toll, as thousands of victims are still under the rubble and in the roads as the Israeli occupation prevent rescue crews from reaching them, in addition to massive destruction and an unprecedented humanitarian crisis. Source: Palestine News and Information Agency – WAFA