Tel Aviv Tribune’s correspondent confirmed on Friday that Israeli occupation aircraft launched violent and unprecedented raids on the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, moments after the International Court of Justice issued a decision to end the attack on the city, while the resistance is waging fierce battles against the occupation army in the north and south of the Gaza Strip.
Tel Aviv Tribune’s correspondent reported that Israeli occupation artillery bombed the vicinity of Kuwait Specialized Hospital in the center of Rafah, stressing that the occupation forces are shooting at anyone who approaches the center of Rafah, and preventing ambulance crews from providing relief to the injured.
The reporter stressed that the raids on various areas of Rafah, especially the city center, are unprecedented.
Palestinian media said that occupation aircraft bombed streets and homes in the center of the Shaboura camp in Rafah, adding that violent raids were continuing on the city.
It was reported that strong artillery shelling targeted the vicinity of Al-Najjar Hospital, Khirbet Al-Adas, Al-Madkha Street, and Al-Geneina neighborhood in the city of Rafah.
Press coverage: A scene from the occupation raids on Rafah. pic.twitter.com/S98XORhTD9
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The battles continue
This comes as clashes continue in Rafah and Jabalia, and the Al-Qassam Brigades said that they targeted a Merkava tank with an “Al-Yassin 105” shell and a military bulldozer with a Tandom shell near the Salah al-Din Gate in Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip.
It added that it destroyed with mortar shells a gathering of occupation soldiers in the Netzarim axis, south of Gaza City.
Al-Qassam announced this morning that it had targeted 5 Israeli tanks with “Al-Yassin 105” shells and “Shawaz” devices in Rafah and Jabalia.
It also announced that its fighters lured a special force from the occupation army to Ain Nafaq in the Jabalia camp, and clashed with it from point zero, leaving its members dead and wounded. In addition to saying that its fighters were able to snipe an Israeli soldier inside a house in the Jabalia camp.
Escalation and losses
The Israeli escalation comes moments after the International Court of Justice issued a decision ordering Israel to immediately stop its attack on the city of Rafah, at the request of South Africa as part of a comprehensive lawsuit accusing Tel Aviv of committing genocide crimes in the Strip.
The ongoing Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip left more than 116,000 Palestinians dead and wounded, most of them children and women, and about 10,000 missing amid massive destruction and the closure of crossings that threaten to cause famine.
On the other hand, the Israeli army admitted that 8 of its soldiers were injured in the battles in the Gaza Strip during the past 24 hours.
He added that 634 officers and soldiers were killed in Gaza, and 555 were seriously injured since the beginning of the war on October 7.
