Gaza, (Wafa, AA, imemc): On Tuesday evening, Israeli forces killed 13 Palestinians in Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. This is in addition to 10 civilians killed in Khan Younis earlier Tuesday, making the total number of Palestinians killed in Khan Younis Tuesday 23 – and raising the total killed across Gaza on Tuesday to 163, according to Gaza Ministry of Health. Israeli drone strike and other strikes has killed 10 Palestinians in West Bank.

At least 24,285 Palestinians have been killed, including 10,400 children, 7,100 women, and 61,154 injured by indiscriminate Israeli bombings since 7 October, according to Palestinian health authorities. 7,000 Palestinians are still missing.

The Jordanian army says its military field hospital in Khan Younis was badly damaged as a result of Israeli shelling in the vicinity.

At least 23 Palestinians were killed in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip as Israeli bombings levelled dozens of residential homes and damaged the Nasser and Al-Amal hospitals affiliated with the Palestine Red Crescent Society resulted in critical damage to the medical facilities.

Dozens of Palestinians were also injured in air and land attacks, said the Palestinian news agency WAFA.

Israeli jets also targeted Palestinian homes west of Khan Younis with air strikes and artillery fire, it added.

Israel’s bombardment of the surroundings of Nasser Hospital and Al-Amal Hospital

Local sources said that civil defense and ambulance crews retrieved the bodies of at least 25 people and dozens of wounded individuals following an Israeli airstrike targeting multiple homes in the Daraj neighborhood in Gaza City, reported Wafa news agency. They also recovered the bodies of 7 people after the Israeli occupation vehicles withdrew from the vicinity of Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip.

Israeli fighter bombed a house belonging to the Al-Namrouti family, resulting in the killing of 4 Palestinians.

Another Israeli airstrike targeted a house for the Safi family, leading to the tragic death of three others. Additionally, a number of citizens were wounded following an Israeli bombardment of houses belonging to the Hamdan and Muhaisen families.

The occupation artillery targeted Al-Manara neighborhood, Batn Al-Sameen, and the center and south of Khan Yunis. The area east of Jabalia camp was also bombed by Israeli military force.

Israeli air force further carried out intense airstrikes targeting Ansar complex and the port west of Gaza City

Medical sources warned of serious health complications to which chronic patients are exposed, as 350,000 chronic patients are without medication in the Gaza Strip.

13 civilians were killed and others were injured late tonight on Tuesday in the continuous Israeli strikes and artillery bombardment of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, raising the number of people killed since Tuesday morning to 23.

Israeli warplanes launched strikes targeting four houses west of Khan Yunis with the inhabitants still inside. Heavy shelling also targeted several residential buildings in the al-Namsawi neighborhood in Khan Yunis.

Israeli artillery also targeted the Batn al-Sameen and the New Abasan areas to the west and east of Khan Yunis, respectively.

The airstrikes and artillery also targeted the vicinities of the Nasser Medical and Al-Amal Hospitals, causing severe damage to the Al-Amal hospital and spreading a state of panic and terror among patients, wounded, medical staff, and displaced people seeking shelter there.

Local sources said that the Israeli occupation reduced to rubble scores of houses and residential buildings in Khan Yunis governorate.

Earlier Tuesday night, a Palestinian mother and her child were killed in an Israeli air raid that targeted a group of civilians in the al-Hashashin area, west of Rafah city, in the southern Strip.

At least four other civilians were killed in an Israeli bombing targeting the town of Jabalia, in the north.

According to sources, four civilians, including a child, were killed by an artillery shelling of the town of Jabalia. Israeli jets also launched several strikes on the town of Beit Hanoun, in the north.

In Gaza City, rescue teams were able to recover the bodies of 20 civilians and dozens of wounded after violent airstrikes that targeted several homes in the An-Nafaq area of Gaza City, causing massive destruction.

At least 355 Palestinians have since been killed and nearly 4,000 others injured by Israeli army fire in the occupied West Bank according to the figures released by the Health Ministry.

Hamas killed 1,139 Israelis in south Israel on October 7 according to Israeli authorities. 136 Israelis are held captive by Hamas in Gaza.

[Photo: Injured Palestinian child injured by Israeli attacks in Deir Al-Balah, Gaza brought to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital for treatment on 16 1 24.
Photojournalist: Ashraf Amra /AA]