Israeli bombardment kills nine Palestinians, injures others in Gaza Strip

GAZA: Israeli bombardment Friday killed nine Palestinian civilians and injured others in the cities of Gaza and Khan Younes, according to WAFA correspondent. He said that Palestinian Red Crescent (PRC) paramedics transported five fatalities and a number of casualties to Al-Shifa Hospital in the aftermath of Israeli bombardment that targeted a house of the Hamdona family in the vicinity of the Tamwin ash-Shati Center, west of Gaza City. He added that paramedics pulled out the bodies of four fatalities, including two women and a toddler, out of the rubble of a house of the al-Farra family after it was targeted by Israeli bombardment in the Khan Younes city neighbourhood of al-Manara in the southern Strip. Meanwhile, Israeli artillery shelled the area south of al-Ja'farawi, southeast of Deir al-Balah in the central Strip, resulting in a number of casualties. The casualties were evacuated to Shuhada al-Aqsa Hospital in the city. Israel has proceeded with its genocidal offensive on the war-torn Strip in compl ete disregard of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which ordered Israel in a legally binding decision to halt its military offensive in Rafah, which may violate its obligations under the Genocide Convention. Israel has been waging a devastating war on Gaza since October 7, killing at least 41,788 Palestinians and injuring over 96,794 others. Moreover, at least 10,000 people are unaccounted for, presumed dead under the rubble of their homes throughout the Strip. Palestinian and international organizations say that the majority of those killed and wounded are women and children. The Israeli aggression has also resulted in the forceful displacement of nearly two million people from all over the Gaza Strip, with the vast majority of the displaced forced into the densely crowded southern city of Rafah near the border with Egypt - in what has become Palestine's largest mass exodus since the 1948 Nakba. Source: Palestine news & Information Agency - WAFA