By Abdul Adil
(The Muslim News): 35 more Palestinians were killed and 55 others injured by Israel Defence Forces’ indiscriminate attacks in the Gaza Strip in the last 24 hours, taking the overall Palestinians death toll to 39,480 including 16,314 children, and injuries to 91,128 since last Oct. 7, the Health Ministry in the enclave said on Thursday.
Four civilians today were killed and many others were injured in the Israeli bombing of the al-Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip.
Medical sources said that at least four civilians were killed and others were injured in an Israeli airstrike that targeted the 20th Street in the camp.
A number of civilians were killed and injured in the ongoing Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip for the 300th consecutive day.
In Gaza City, one civilian was killed and many others were injured in an Israeli airstrike on a group of civilians in the vicinity of Kuwait roundabout south of the city, reports Wafa News Agency.
The Israeli warplanes opened fire on several locations west of Rafah city in the southern Gaza Strip, while the occupation’s vehicles opened fire towards the eastern areas of Al-Maghazi and Al-Masdar camps in the central Gaza Strip.
Earlier today, eight civilians were killed and many others were injured after the Israeli occupation fighter jets targeted a civilian vehicle near the entrance to Al-Maghazi camp.
At least one Palestinian was also killed and others were injured in three Israeli air strikes that targeted a house in the north of Al-Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip.
Earlier on Wednesday, journalists Ismail al-Ghoul and Rami al-Rifi were killed in a direct attack by Israeli warplanes in Gaza City.
Video clips showed the car of the two journalists were in reduced to rubble, with smoke rising from it and blood splattered on its remains, after it was targeted in the al-Shati refugee camp in the center of the city.
At least 15 civilians were killed, including two children, and 40 others injured Thursday in an Israeli airstrike that targeted a school-turned-shelter in the Shejaiya neighborhood of eastern Gaza City, reported Anadolu Agency.
“The Israeli occupation forces targeted the Dalal al-Maghribi School, which was housing displaced people, with three missiles, completely destroying it,” Gaza Civil Defense spokesperson Mamdouh Basal, said in a video message.
The Israeli army acknowledged the strike on the school it claimed was used as a hideout by Hamas fighters and leaders.
“Based on IDF (army) intelligence, the Israeli fighter jets struck terrorists operating inside a compound within the Dalal School in the area of Shejaiya in Gaza City,” according to a statement.
Hamas has not issued a response to the claims by Israel.
At least four Palestinians were killed and several others injured in an Israeli airstrike in the central Gaza Strip on Thursday, according to medics.
The fatalities occurred when an Israeli fighter jet targeted a group of civilians south of the Nuseirat refugee camp, witnesses said.
Medics at Al-Awda Hospital confirmed that the bodies of four people were transferred to the hospital after the Israeli raid.
Palestinian children in the Gaza Strip have witnessed “unspeakable atrocities” following 300 days of Israeli attacks on the enclave, the head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) said on Thursday.
“The children of Gaza are going through unspeakable atrocities,” UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini said in a statement.
They “are living in trauma and shock due to 300 days of war, displacement, loss and pain.”
The UN agency launched a learning program for the traumatized children in the war-torn enclave.
“This first step in a much longer road focuses on activities that will give children a refuge from the horrors they continue to live through,” Lazzarini said.
“Through sports, arts, drama, games + creating space to reunite with friends and making new ones, our teachers are providing a ray of light amid the darkness,” he added.
An estimated 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the Hamas-led attacks on October 7 and more than 200 were taken captive.
[Palestinian children, carrying their water containers, line up for clean drinking water in Jibaliya Refugee Camp, Gaza on 01, 08, 2024. Photojournalist: Mahmoud Issa /AA]
