The Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip continues for the 79th day, and the occupation has targeted various areas of the Strip at a time when the Palestinian resistance is waging violent battles in Jabalia in the north, Juhr al-Dik in the center, Shujaiya in the east, and Khan Yunis in the south. Mutual bombardment with Hezbollah in southern Lebanon also continues.
The number of martyrs rose to more than 20,000 and those injured to more than 54,000, while the government office in Gaza announced that the occupation had committed field executions of more than 137 Palestinian civilians in the Gaza and North governorates.
Continuous raids
Tel Aviv Tribune’s correspondent reported casualties in Israeli raids on homes in Deir al-Balah and the Maghazi camp in the central Gaza Strip.
The occupation bombed the city of Deir al-Balah after yesterday asking residents of 8 neighborhoods in the central region to seek refuge in it.
Tel Aviv Tribune’s correspondent also reported an air strike on Beit Hanoun, amid continued air and artillery bombardment on northern Gaza since the early morning hours.
The correspondent said that the heavy fire cover in the area indicates that the Israeli forces are engaged in fierce fighting and are facing resistance fighters from zero distance.
Tel Aviv Tribune’s correspondent confirmed that there were martyrs and wounded as a result of an Israeli bombing near the Palace of Justice, south of Gaza City. He also reported that there were casualties in an Israeli bombing of agricultural land in the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip.
The Israeli army fired about 50 artillery shells at Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip.
Tel Aviv Tribune’s correspondent reported that there were martyrs and wounded in an Israeli bombing on Old Crescent Street in Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip.
Earlier today, an Israeli drone shot a displaced child while he was standing in front of the gate of the association’s Al-Amal Hospital in Khan Yunis, leading to his death.
Israeli aircraft also bombed a house in the Japanese neighborhood west of Khan Yunis, resulting in martyrs.
The Israeli occupation forces stormed Al-Rafi’i School in Jabalia Al-Balad, north of the Gaza Strip, arrested the men and forcibly removed the women.
The occupation forces also dropped dozens of smoke and phosphorous bombs on Jabalia al-Balad and the Al-Jarn area, in conjunction with their attempt to advance in the region, amid clashes with the resistance and heavy artillery shelling.
Resistance operations
The Al-Quds Brigades – the military wing of the Islamic Jihad Movement – announced that it targeted 3 Israeli military vehicles with two RPG shells and a commando attack device in the Al-Zaytoun and Al-Shujaiya neighborhoods, east of Gaza.
The Al-Quds Brigades also reported that they targeted an Israeli “Merkava” tank with a Tandom shell on Al-Nuzha Street in Jabalia Al-Balad, north of the Gaza Strip. It also said that it bombed occupation military crowds in the vicinity of Al-Zalal Mosque, east of Khan Yunis, with a missile barrage and mortar shells.
For its part, the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades – the military wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) – reported that it targeted an Israeli force of 10 soldiers inside a building in Juhr al-Dik with an anti-fortified shell, and confirmed that it left them dead and wounded.
The Al-Qassam Brigades announced the targeting of an Israeli foot force in Juhr al-Dik, causing deaths among its ranks, amid continuing fierce battles between the resistance and the occupation forces in the region.
Al-Qassam also reported that its members detonated an anti-personnel device against an Israeli foot force in Juhr al-Dik, killing 6 soldiers.
The Juhr al-Dik area is witnessing clashes between the Qassam Brigades and Israeli army forces, with losses and deaths expected among the occupation ranks.
The occupation army announced earlier today that 15 officers and soldiers were killed in one day in the Gaza battles.
Humanitarian situation
The Ministry of Health in Gaza announced that the number of victims of the Israeli aggression on the Strip had risen to 20,424 martyrs and 54,036 injured. She added that 166 martyrs and 384 injured fell in the Gaza Strip during the past 24 hours.
The government media office in Gaza said that the number of journalist martyrs has risen to 101, since the start of the brutal war on the Gaza Strip.
The office confirmed that journalist Ahmed Jamal Al-Madhoun, deputy director of the Palestinian Al-Rai Agency, was martyred in an Israeli bombing of northern Gaza.
The media office said, “The occupation army committed field executions of more than 137 Palestinian civilians in the Gaza and North governorates, where it dug large holes and placed dozens of citizens alive in them, then shot them and buried them with bulldozers.” The occupation also executed pregnant women who were on their way to Al Awda Hospital, north of Gaza, and they were raising white flags.
For its part, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) announced – via the X platform – that it had lost 142 members of its staff in Gaza since the start of the war, and it also said that most of those it lost were killed along with their families in the Strip.
This comes as the White House confirmed that US President Joe Biden stressed the urgent need to protect civilians in the Gaza Strip, including humanitarian aid workers.
West Bank
In developments in the West Bank, Tel Aviv Tribune’s correspondent reported the withdrawal of Israeli occupation forces from Nour Shams camp, east of Tulkarm.
The correspondent said that clashes broke out for hours between Palestinian resistance fighters and the occupation army in the camp, and that large explosions occurred there after the resistance detonated explosive devices in Israeli military vehicles.
This coincided with raids carried out by the occupation forces – late yesterday evening, Saturday – into towns and cities in the West Bank, including Hebron and Bethlehem.
On Sunday morning, the Israeli occupation forces stormed the towns of Qarawat Bani Hassan and Bidya, west of Salfit Governorate in the West Bank, and launched raids and arrests of citizens.
For its part, the Tulkarm Battalion, affiliated with the Al-Quds Brigades, said that “its mujahideen are engaged in violent clashes with the Israeli occupation forces in the Nour Shams camp near Tulkarm.”
The brigades added that they targeted the occupation forces with explosive devices, which led to the damage of many heavy military vehicles storming the camp and causing confirmed casualties among their ranks.
Lebanon Front
On the Lebanon front, the Israeli army said that it was conducting searches to find Hezbollah tunnels along the common border, adding that it would not tolerate any threat, as it put it.
In this context, Israeli media said that two anti-tank missiles were fired from southern Lebanon and landed in the middle of the Margaliot border in the Upper Galilee.
Tel Aviv Tribune’s correspondent said that an Israeli artillery bombardment targeted the town of Maroun al-Ras in the central sector of southern Lebanon after targeting the Upper Galilee.
Tel Aviv Tribune’s correspondent reported that sirens were sounding in the settlements of Avivim, Baram and Yaroun in the Upper Galilee on the border with Lebanon.
The Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported the closure of a number of settlements in the Galilee, due to what it said were warnings of the launching of anti-tank missiles from Lebanon.
Hezbollah said that it targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers in Honen Castle with appropriate weapons. The party did not add information about whether the targeting resulted in deaths or injuries.
Escalation in the Red Sea
In the Red Sea developments, Houthi spokesman Mohammed Abdul Salam said that an American warship opened fire on a Yemeni Navy reconnaissance plane in the Red Sea, and that the missile exploded near a Gabonese ship.
The Times newspaper quoted the British Defense Minister as saying that London will not allow any sea route to become a restricted area, especially the Red Sea, stressing his country’s commitment to repel these attacks to protect the free flow of global trade.
In this context, the US Department of Defense (Pentagon) said that the drone that targeted a chemical tanker off the coast of India yesterday, Saturday, was launched from Iran.
The ministry added – in a statement – that a unidirectional attack drone – launched from Iran – targeted the ship at approximately ten o’clock in the morning local time, stressing that the attack did not result in any casualties on board the ship owned by a Japanese company.