Israeli bombardment on Deir al-Balah kills eight Palestinian civilians, injure others

GAZA: Israeli bombardment on the city of Deir al-Balah in the central war-torn Gaza Strip Tuesday evening killed eight Palestinian civilians and injured others, according to medical sources. They said that at least eight Palestinian civilians, mostly women and children, were killed in an Israeli bombing in the city. Israel has proceeded with its genocidal offensive on the war-torn Strip in complete 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 40,173 Palestinians and injuring over 92,857 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 a lso 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 and Information Agency – WAFA