Gaza: 20 Palestinians killed, 64 injured by Israeli forces last 24 hours
(The Muslim News): At least 20 more Palestinians were killed and 64 others injured by Israeli Defence Forces indiscriminate bombings in the Gaza Strip, taking the total Palestinians killed by Israeli forces since last Oct. 7 to 40,988, including 16,479 children and 94,825 others injured, last 24 hours, the Health Ministry in the war-torn territory said on Monday. Ministry of Health added that 70 percent of those killed by Israeli forces are women and children.
The Palestinian news agency Wafa said the Israeli military’s operations against Gaza have now entered their 339th day.
The report highlighted that several areas in Gaza were subjected to heavy airstrikes and artillery fire overnight.
An airstrike on a house in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza killed three people and injured seven others.
Additionally, the bombing of the post office in Nuseirat caused numerous injuries.
In a separate attack on a house in the al-Bureij refugee camp, also in central Gaza, at least four people were killed, with many more wounded.
Six civilians were killed and others were injured on Monday in an Israeli airstrike that targeted a house in the town of Jabalia in the northern war-torn Gaza Strip.
Medical sources reported that six civilians, including a woman and two children, were killed and several others were injured after the occupation shelled a house near the center of Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip.
The Israeli army issued on Monday new evacuation orders for Palestinian civilians in large areas of northwestern Gaza ahead of an imminent military offensive.
The new orders were issued after the Israeli army claimed that rockets were fired by Palestinian fighters from Gaza’s northwest towards Israel.
Military spokesman Avichay Adraee called the new areas “a dangerous combat zone,” posting a map on his X account showing several neighborhoods and towns in northwestern Gaza to be evacuated.
Over past months, the Israeli military has repeatedly issued evacuation orders for Palestinian residents in large areas in Gaza ahead of carrying out military operations.
Meanwhile, World Food Programme (WFP) says 2.2 million Palestinians in Gaza are still in “urgent” need of food and livelihood assistance as Israeli attacks on the enclave enter their 12th month.
More than 630,000 students in Gaza will not be returning to school on Monday, officials say, as Israel’s war on the Palestinian territory disrupts schooling for a second year.
In Israel, the number of those killed in the Hamas-led attacks on October 7 is at least 1,139, while more than 200 people were taken captive.
[Photo: A mosque demolished by Israeli bombings in Gaza City, Gaza on 8 09, 2024. Since Oct 7, 2023, Israeli Defence Forces have demolished 610 mosques in Gaza Strip & 214 partially damaged. Photojournalist: Abed Rahim Khatib/ AA]
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