12/12/2023–|Last updated: 12/12/202311:18 AM (Mecca time)
Medical sources announced the death of 20 Palestinians when the Israeli occupation bombed several homes in Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, at dawn on Tuesday, while the Israeli army announced today that an officer was killed and 3 soldiers were seriously injured, during battles with the Palestinian resistance.
Video scenes showed the bodies of about 20 martyrs, including 6 children, as a result of the bombing of the Harb family’s home at dawn today in the Al-Zuhur neighborhood, north of Rafah, in the south of the Gaza Strip.
The bodies of the martyrs arrived at Abu Youssef Al-Najjar Hospital in Rafah, amidst a state of intense sadness and heartbreak among the families of the martyrs, especially since some women lost most of their children in this bombing.
Since yesterday, Monday, the occupation army has continued its bombing from Jabalia camp in the northern Gaza Strip to Deir al-Balah in the center and Khan Yunis and Rafah in the south.
The Israeli Broadcasting Corporation said that Israeli army forces continue their incursion deep into the cities of Khan Yunis and Gaza, supported by air and sea bombardment and the destruction of infrastructure.
It quoted a military spokesman calling on residents of some neighborhoods in the north and south of the Gaza Strip to leave their homes and move to the “safe” areas that the army had previously determined, referring to a map published by the Israeli army a few days ago in which it identified residential squares that it said were “safe.”
However, the Israeli army bombed many areas that it identified as safe during the past days, including the cities of Rafah (south) and Deir al-Balah (centre), according to eyewitnesses and local sources.
Israeli losses
On the other hand, the Israeli army announced today, Tuesday, that an officer was killed from his wounds, and 3 soldiers were seriously injured during battles with the Palestinian resistance in the north and south of the Gaza Strip. Yesterday, the Israeli army had announced the killing of 7 of its soldiers and officers in Gaza within 24 hours, 5 of whom were killed after They fell into a mine ambush set up by the Qassam Brigades near a tunnel opening in Khan Yunis.
While the Israeli Soroka Hospital announced that it received 27 wounded Israeli soldiers yesterday, 5 of whom were in critical condition.
Thus, the total number of deaths in the Israeli army is 435 officers and soldiers since Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, according to the Israeli Broadcasting Authority.
The Israeli occupation army also published video clips on the “X” website, which it said were of an airdrop of supplies and equipment for the Israeli forces in Khan Yunis. The military spokesman added that it was the first time such a landing operation since the Lebanon War in 2006, and it included 7 tons of logistical materials for the division fighting. Ground battles.
Tel Aviv Tribune’s camera monitored the Israeli military helicopters transporting a number of wounded Israeli soldiers as a result of the battles taking place in the Shuja’iya and Jabalia neighborhoods, east and north of Gaza City.
Resistance battles
Yesterday, Monday, Palestinian factions in Gaza announced targeting military vehicles and sites where Israeli army forces had barricaded themselves in several areas of the Gaza Strip, causing direct casualties.
The Al-Qassam Brigades – the military wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) – and the Al-Quds Brigades – the military wing of the Islamic Jihad Movement – said in separate statements that the targeting operations resulted in deaths and injuries among the ranks of the Israeli forces.
There were multiple fighting axes between the Palestinian resistance factions and the Israeli army, between the east of Gaza City, the west of Jabalia camp in the northern Gaza Strip, Beit Lahia in the north, and the east of the city of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip.
Since last October 7, the Israeli army has been waging a devastating war on Gaza that has left more than 18,000 martyrs, more than 49,000 wounded, most of them children and women, massive infrastructure destruction, and an unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe.
