Gaza: 127 Palestinians killed, 170 injured by Israeli bombings since Sat
London, (The Muslim News): According to Gaza Ministry of Health, 127 Palestinians were killed by Israeli indiscriminate artillery and air strikes and 170 others were injured in Gaza Palsince Saturday. This brings to total Palestinians killed since 7 October to 27,365 and 66,663 others injured. Medical sources further revealed that at least 8,000 people are unaccounted for, with many of them still trapped under rubble or scattered in the streets, as Israeli forces are blocking access of ambulance crews and civil defense teams to many areas across the enclave. Last figures received for children killed, is 11,500 and women killed is 8,000.
At least 18 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks that targeted parts of the Gaza Strip, according to sources Sunday, reports Wafa news agency.
The Israeli army continued its attacks against Rafah, where Palestinians from other parts of Gaza took refuge, as well as Khan Younis and northern cities, reports Al Jazeera.
At least 10 Palestinians were killed in an airstrike on a house in easter Rafah, according to witnesses.
Also, many were killed and injured in another attack on the house in the area. The Civil Defense Teams Administration confirmed that victims were killed and those injured were removed from the house that was bombarded.
In another airstrike on a house in the Rimal district of Gaza City, the bodies of eight victims were removed from the rubble.
Palestinian news agency Wafa reported that at least two children were killed in Israeli attack on kindergarten in Rafah, southern Gaza.
Death toll from air raids in eastern Rafah has risen to 24 people as Israel says it is planning a ground invasion of the dangerously overcrowded city.
Air attacks and shelling have also been reported in Khan Younis, including in the vicinity of the European Hospital.
Local sources reported the killing of two civilians and the injury of seven others, including children, in the Israeli bombardment which targeted the Abu Sefer family home in Deir al-Balah with missiles.
At least 92 people, including two young girls, were killed overnight in the besieged strip’s southern city of Rafah, where displaced Palestinians have been sheltering, Gaza’s Health Ministry says.
In addition, concerns over a potential Israeli ground incursion into Rafah have mounted in recent days, with hundreds of thousands of displaced seeking refuge from the fighting there in makeshift shelters and encampments.
To the east of Rafah city, due to the intensity of the bombing of residential buildings, flying debris and shrapnel fell on tents, where people were sheltering, reports Al Jazeera.
The shrapnel hit a kindergarten where people were sheltering, killing two little girls.
Many people were critically injured in addition to reported deaths due to these relentless massive artillery shelling and air strikes since last night until the early hours of this morning.
The attacks are increasing the fear and panic here, as many people have been displaced more than once and they have nowhere else safer to go to seek shelter.
In northern Gaza, medical sources at Kamal Adwan Hospital revealed that dozens of corpses for Palestinian individuals were brought to the hospital following the withdrawal of the Israeli troops from the northern region of the Gaza Strip, reports Wafa.
In Gaza City, for the sixth consecutive day, Israeli occupation forces continue to besiege Al-Shifa Medical Complex, preventing the trapped civilians from leaving the premises amid heavy shelling in the vicinity of the hospital.
Medical sources at the Gaza European Hospital said that two Palestinians were killed after Israeli airforce bombed a group of Palestinians who tried to reach their homes in the Tahlia area in central Khan Yunis.
According Israeli authorities, 1,139 Israelis were killed in southern Israel by Hamaz on 7 October. 136 Israelis and foreign nationals are being held captive by Hamas in Gaza.
[Photo: Injured Palestinian children being treated at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital following Israeli attacks on a building in Deir Al-Balah, Gaza on 4 2 24. Photojournalist: Ali Jadallah/ AA]
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