UPDATE: Israeli airstrikes claim the lives of 43 civilians in Khan Yunis

GAZA: At least 40 civilians were killed and dozens injured at dawn in the Israeli occupation aggression on the city of Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip. Medical teams recovered the bodies of 40 fatalities, most of them children and women, and dozens of causalities after a ground incursion and airstrikes launched by the occupation army on the southeastern areas of Khan Yunis, specifically the neighborhoods of Maan, Qizan al-Najjar and al-Manara. Three citizens were killed tin an Israeli bombardment that targeted the destroyed town of Khada'a, east of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip. The family of journalist Ahmed al-Zard said that a number of family members were killed, including his brother, uncle and cousins, while Ahmed was seriously injured along with his mother and brother, and was later transferred to the European Hospital with his mother and six others from his family. His relatives reported in a phone call with the WAFA correspondent that journalist al-Zard was injured in the back, and hi s mother was injured and lost consciousness. The occupation forces continue their aggression on the Gaza Stripsince October 7, 2023, which resulted in the killing of 41,638 citizens and the injury of 96,460 others, the majority of whom are children and women. Source: Palestine News and Information Agency – WAFA