By Abdul Adil

Gaza (Wafa news agence, AA): At least 178 Palestinians have been killed and 293 injured in the last 24 hours as Israeli forces continued their onslaught on the besieged Gaza Strip, the territory’s Health Ministry said on Sunday.

“The Israeli occupation committed 15 massacres against families in the Gaza Strip, leaving 178 martyrs and 293 injured during the past 24 hours,” the ministry said in a statement.

At least 25,105 Palestinians have been killed, including 10,400 children, 7,100 women, 62,681 wounded in Israeli indiscriminate attacks on Gaza since October 7. 7,000 Palestinians are still missing. The death toll in Israel from the October 7 Hamas attack stands at 1,139.

So far 12 people have been killed overnight. Very dark days ahead as the situation gets worse by the hour.

“Many people are still trapped under rubble and on the roads as rescuers are unable to reach them,” the statement said.

Israeli forces bombed a residential building in the Zaytoun neighborhood, east of Gaza City, resulting in deaths and injuries, Palestinian news agency Wafa reported, citing medical sources.

Three Palestinians were killed when an Israeli military drone targeted a vehicle they were traveling in at the Yarmouk market, the agency added.

Meanwhile, Israeli artillery shelling targeted the Al-Manara neighborhood in the city of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, the agency also reported.

An air attack on the Shati Refugee Camp in the Gaza Strip resulted in massive destruction, with no confirmed reports of casualties.

At least one Palestinian was killed and others were injured in an Israeli airstrike on the Al-Amal neighborhood west of Khan Younis.

Israeli artillery also shelled the coastal areas of Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip and the vicinity of Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis for several hours.

According to local sources, Israeli warplanes bombed Al-Mawasi School, west of Khan Yunis, which shelters displaced people from several areas in the Gaza Strip, resulting in the tragic death of several civilians and causing multiple causalities.

The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PCRS) said its crews were unable to reach the dead bodies due to an Israeli artillery bombardment that targeted Al-Mawasi School,

PCRS said that Israeli forces prevented ambulance vehicles from reaching the site of the bombing.

Israeli military air force carried intense and fierce airstrikes that targeted hospitals and shelter centers housing displaced People west of Khan Yunis since dawn today.

Israeli tanks and military vehicles also cordoned off al-Nasser Medical complex and Al-Amal Hospital, where at least 20 civilians dead at Nasser Hospital following the ongoing Israeli artillery bombardment

Earlier today, Israeli fighter jets heavily shelled, with several missiles, the vicinity of Al-Aqsa University, west of Khan Yunis, despite the presence of several of displaced people there.

The city of Khan Yunis recorded a large number of deaths and wounded individuals among displaced in shelter centers and hospitals as a result of the ongoing Israeli shelling against the city since dawn today.

Israel has pounded the Gaza Strip since a cross-border attack by Hamas on Oct. 7, which Tel Aviv says killed nearly 1,200 people.

[Photo: Palestinian family returning to their homes try to gather salvageable belongings casued by Israeli attacks in Zawaida region of Deir Al-Balah, Gaza on 20 1 24. Photojournalist: Ashraf Amra/ AA ]