1/8/2024–|Last updated: 1/8/202409:29 AM (Mecca time)
On Monday morning, Israeli warplanes launched violent raids on the central Gaza Strip, killing and wounding dozens, coinciding with the continuation of fierce clashes between the resistance and the occupation forces in Khan Yunis.
Tel Aviv Tribune’s correspondent said that Israeli raids targeted – at dawn today – homes in Deir al-Balah (central Gaza Strip), leaving 18 martyrs and dozens injured.
The reporter added that at dawn, Israeli fighter jets launched a series of violent raids on Al-Maghazi camp, which is also located in the middle of the Gaza Strip.
The Ministry of Health in Gaza said this morning – in a statement – that the Israeli bombing of the Strip caused 73 martyrs and 99 injuries during the past 24 hours.
Yesterday, the Israeli occupation army committed new massacres against civilians, resulting in the death of 160 Palestinians and the injury of 250 others.
In the northern Gaza Strip, Tel Aviv Tribune correspondent Anas Al-Sharif reported – citing eyewitnesses – that at least 60 Palestinians were martyred in a bombing that targeted a house in the Al-Faluga area of the Jabalia camp.
Al-Sharif said that the house was inhabited by residents and displaced people, and that most of the victims were children and women.
Bombing an UNRWA school
In the central Gaza Strip, an Tel Aviv Tribune correspondent reported that more than 30 Palestinians were martyred and about 50 injured as a result of an Israeli bombing that targeted Al-Maghazi Primary School, affiliated with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) and housing displaced persons.
Tel Aviv Tribune documented the remains of the bodies of the martyrs inside the besieged school and the destruction that befell it.
In the same area, Tel Aviv Tribune’s correspondent said that fires broke out on Salah al-Din Street, and activists broadcast pictures of the fires that broke out after the Israeli occupation forces bombed the area.
A fire broke out on Salah al-Din Street in Gaza as a result of an Israeli bombing#Gaza_War #video pic.twitter.com/ZJDs8qGWdi
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71 Palestinians – including 14 children – were martyred in Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip, during the past 24 hours as a result of the continued intense Israeli air, land and sea bombardment.
Among the martyrs were journalists Mustafa Thuraya and Hamza Al-Dahdouh (son of colleague Wael Al-Dahdouh). The occupation army targeted their car with missiles while they were heading to Rafah.
Also in Khan Yunis, pictures showed the moment the Israeli occupation forces blew up an entire residential square using explosives.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza announced – yesterday, Sunday – that the toll of the Israeli aggression on the Strip since the seventh of last October had risen to 22,835 martyrs and 58,416 wounded.
Fierce clashes
Meanwhile, the Palestinian resistance is engaged in fierce clashes in the fighting areas in Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip.
Al-Aqsa TV reported that violent clashes took place this morning between the resistance and the forces penetrating east of Khan Yunis.
The fighting has become largely concentrated in Khan Yunis and in the camps in the center of the Strip, especially Bureij and Al-Maghazi.
The Israeli army announced – the day before yesterday, Saturday – that it was focusing its operations on the central and southern Gaza Strip after it was able – according to its claim – to dismantle the military structure of the Hamas movement in the northern Gaza Strip, although it is still being subjected to attacks by the resistance there.
For its part, Soroka Hospital in Beersheba announced yesterday that it had received 8 people wounded in the Gaza battles.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said yesterday, Sunday, that the war on Gaza will continue “until victory,” while Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Galat stated that military operations will continue until the detainees in Gaza return, according to what was reported by the Times of Israel newspaper.