Gaza: 71 Palestinians killed, 197 injured by Israelis bombings last48hours
By Abdul Adil
(The Muslim News): 71 Palestinians were killed, 197 others injured by indiscriminate bombings by Israeli Defence Forces in Gaza Strip in the last 48 hours, reports the Health Ministry. This has increased the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces to 37,337 and 85,299 injured since last October, according to the Ministry of Health in the besieged enclave.
The Civil Defense in Gaza said in a statement that its crew recovered the bodies of two Palestinians in the Tel al-Sultan neighborhood west of Rafah after an Israeli bombing of the area.
Additionally, the warplanes targeted a house near the Emirates field hospital in central Rafah, according to eyewitnesses.
The Israeli army also demolished residential buildings in the Saudi neighborhood in western Rafah, eyewitnesses told Anadolu Agency.
In the northern Gaza Strip, one Palestinian was killed and another injured due to an Israeli drone strike on the Ghazi Shawa School, which shelters thousands of displaced people in Beit Hanoun, medical sources at Kamal Adwan Hospital told Anadolu.
At least nine Palestinians, including six children, were killed and many others were injured on Sunday, the first day of Eid al-Adha, due to an Israeli airstrike on a house in al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza Strip.
“Some 9 martyrs, including 6 children, were brought to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah, as a result of the Israeli occupation forces’ airstrike on a house in al-Bureij refugee camp,” a medical source told Anadolu.
Earlier in the day, eyewitnesses told Anadolu: “Medical teams retrieved a number of martyrs and injured people (without specifying their numbers), including an infant, as a result of an Israeli airstrike on a house in al-Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.”
The witnesses explained that the bombing led to the destruction of the house and caused damage to neighboring houses.
They also mentioned that medical and civil defense teams are working to search for more victims and injured people following the Israeli attack, reported Wafa News Agency.
They said that Israeli warplanes targeted a house of al-Khatib family in the refugee camp, killing four people, including an infant, and injuring others.
Another airstrike targeted a house of an-Najjar family in the refugee camp, resulting in the killing of two people and injuring others.
This came as Israeli fighter jets and artillery blew up a number of residential buildings in the area of Al-Mughraqa, north of the Nuseirat camp in the central Strip.
Meanwhile, the Israeli fighter jets targeted al-Mawasi area, north of Rafah, and a gathering of people in Shuja’iya neighbourhood, east of Gaza, resulting in the killing of two people and injuring others.
[Photo: Palestinian woman cries as the dead and wounded, including children, are brought to al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital after Israeli attacks on Bureij Refugee Camp in Deir al-Balah, Gaza on 16 06 2024. Photojournalist: Ashraf Amra/ AA]
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