As Israeli aggression expands in Deir el-Balah, civilian casualties increase amid bombing of residential homes.
At least 18 civilians were killed Friday evening in an Israeli airstrike that bombed a house in the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip. Journalist Mohammad Khalifa, 36, was among those killed, along with his wife and three children. Dozens of civilians were injured.
The incident brought to 99 the number of journalists killed during the ongoing conflict in Gaza, according to the Government Media Office. Israel’s war on Gaza has been the deadliest conflict for journalists on record, according to the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists. CPJ estimates that at least 69 journalists have been killed in the ongoing war in Gaza as of December 23.
The father of Mohammad Khalifa, 65, told Tel Aviv Tribune about Friday’s attack. The family, he said, was inside their home preparing to sleep when the attack occurred. “We were sitting quietly and getting ready to sleep. The house and everyone in it were bombed,” he said. “My eldest son was killed while working as a journalist, with his children, and only one child survived. year and a half.”
The father said there were about 50 people in the house, including displaced relatives and friends from the north. “We are peaceful people, we have no political affiliation. There is no security or any safe place in the entire Gaza Strip. »