Gaza City: Four Palestinian citizens were killed Saturday in an Israeli airstrike targeting eastern Gaza City and the center of Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip.
According to Palestine News and Information Agency - WAFA, local sources reported that Israeli artillery shelled the vicinity of the Friday Market in the Shuja'iyya neighborhood, east of Gaza City, resulting in the deaths of two citizens. Additionally, an Israeli drone targeted a group of citizens in the center of Khan Yunis, killing one citizen and wounding others. In another incident, an Israeli airstrike on the Qizan al-Najjar area, south of Khan Yunis, led to the death of another citizen.
Further reports indicate that an Israeli drone bombed a house near the al-Saqa Mosque in central Khan Yunis. The ongoing conflict has significantly increased the death toll in the Gaza Strip, with the number of fatalities since the start of the aggression on October 7, 2023, now at 50,912. Additionally, the number of wounded has risen to 115,981.
