Gaza: 135 Palestinians killed in 24 hours by indiscriminate Israeli bombing
London (The Muslim News): At least 135 Palestinians have been killed and 312 others injured by Israeli indiscriminate bombing in Gaza Strip in the last 24 hours according to the Gaza Health Ministry Saturday.
According to the Health Ministry, 23,843 Palestinians have been killed, including 10,000 children, 7,000 women and 60,317 injured by Israeli bombings since 7 October. The Ministry said that 7,000 Palestinians are still missing.
“The Israeli occupation (forces) committed 12 massacres against families in the Gaza Strip, resulting in 135 deaths and 312 injuries during the past 24 hours,” a statement ministry said.
An overnight Israeli army strike on a house in Rafah killed 14 Palestinians, including a two-year-old girl.
According to the Palestinian Health Ministry, one in 20 Palestinians in Gaza are dead, wounded or missing. They report that on the 99th day of Israeli attacks on Gaza “is witnessing more massacres, destruction and survey of residential neighbourhoods.”
“Israeli forces committed 12 massacres against families in the Gaza Strip, killing 135 people and injuring 312 in the last 24 hours. A number of victims are still under the rubble and on the roads that ambulance and rescue officials cannot reach,” the Ministry added.
In Gaza City, civil defense crews managed to recover the bodies of 20 Palestinians who were killed in an Israeli airstrike targeting a house in the Daraj neighborhood.
Meanwhile, a number of wounded individuals were transferred to Nasser Hospital, following intense and fierce Israeli bombardment in the center and south of Khan Yuins.
Israeli military air force launched a fire belt on Qazan al-Najjar and al-Batn al-Samin in the southeastern areas of the city of Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip, reprted Wafa news agency.
Israeli fighter jets further shelled several homes in the Al-Dawa neighborhood, north of Nuseirat, in the middle of the Gaza Strip, resulting in killing dozens and wounding others, and there are still missing people under the rubble.
Israeli Defence Forces’ artillery also bombed east Deir al-Balah, Nuseirat, and al-Maghazi refugee camps and near the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in the center of the Strip.
Meanwhile, on Friday, three Palestinian teenagers were shot dead near an illegal Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank claiming one Palestinian had opened fire at Israeli soldiers near Hebron city, causing injury to one of the soldiers.
The incident occurred near the Israeli settlement of Adora, constructed on lands belonging to the Palestinian village of Tarqumiyah, west of Hebron.
Security sources said that the three were identified as 19-year-old Ismail Ahmed Abu Jahisha, 16-year-old Mahmoud Arafat Abu Jahisha and his cousin, Odai Ismaiel Abu Jahisha,16.
The two cousins were killed after the occupation forces opened fire at them near the Adora Israeli illegal settlement.
The latest killings bring the total number of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces and settlers in the West Bank from of 7 October to 346, with over 3,900 others injured, according to statements by the Ministry of Health.
According to Israeli authorities 1,200 Israelis were killed by Hamas on 7 October in south Israel. 136 Israelis are still being held by Hamas in Gaza.
[Photo: Injured mother and child being treated at Nasser Hospital. They were injured in Israeli attack on house of Palestinian Abu Aram family in Khan Yunis, Gaza on 12 1 24. Photojournalist: Jehad Alshrafi/ AA]
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