The Israeli occupation forces bombed several sites in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, resulting in a number of martyrs and wounded. The occupation forces withdrew from areas east of the city of Deir al-Balah, and confirmed the killing of a reserve officer and a soldier from the engineering corps, in battles with the resistance in the southern Gaza Strip.
Tel Aviv Tribune’s correspondent reported that two people were martyred and injured in an Israeli bombing that targeted the town of Abasan, east of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip.
The reporter stated that the occupation forces targeted the town of Al-Zawaida in the middle of the Gaza Strip with heavy artillery shelling, and the Israeli bombing also targeted the neighborhoods of Tal Al-Hawa and Sheikh Ajlin, west of Gaza.
Medical sources reported to Anadolu Agency that there were martyrs and wounded in an Israeli bombing that targeted a house in the Al-Baraka area in the city of Deir Al-Balah. The agency’s correspondent added that the Israeli army targeted, with heavy artillery shells, the vicinity of Street 10, the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, and the town of Juhr Al-Dik, south of the Gaza Strip.
This coincided with intense bombing by the Israeli army on the Al-Maghazi and Al-Bureij camps, and Al-Jazeera’s correspondent stated that the Israeli forces prevented ambulance and rescue teams from reaching Al-Maghazi camp.
Clashes and withdrawal
On the other hand, Tel Aviv Tribune’s correspondent confirmed that clashes with heavy machine guns continued, in the Bureij camp, between resistance fighters and Israeli occupation army soldiers.
Tel Aviv Tribune’s correspondent reported that the Israeli rescue unit continues to transport wounded soldiers from battles in the central Gaza Strip.
On the other hand, the Israeli army withdrew from areas east of the city of Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, coinciding with violent bombardment that targeted the city and led to casualties.
The Israeli forces left great devastation in the areas from which they withdrew, completely destroying hundreds of homes, in addition to the extensive leveling operations carried out by bulldozers on the main roads of the areas into which they were penetrating.
For its part, the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), announced that it had targeted a Merkava tank with an “Al-Yassin 105” shell in Khan Yunis.
The Phalange said – in a military statement – that its fighters “clashed with a special Zionist force with machine guns” in Khan Yunis.
Earlier today, the Israeli occupation army acknowledged the killing of a reserve officer and a soldier from the engineering corps, in battles with the resistance in the southern Gaza Strip.
Yesterday, Saturday, the occupation announced the killing of one of its soldiers, and the serious wounding of two officers and another soldier in battles with the resistance in Gaza.
The death toll of the occupation army has risen to 523 officers and soldiers in the Gaza Strip since the seventh of last October, while the Palestinian resistance says that the number of deaths of the Israeli army is much greater than the announced number.