By Abdul Adil
(The Muslim News): At least 40 Palestinians have been killed and injured 71 others by indiscriminate bombings of Israeli Defence Forces in the Gaza Strip during the past 24 hours, according to the enclave’s Health Ministry leading to total killed since 7 October, 2023 to 39,623 and 91,469 others wounded by Israeli forces in Gaza.
In addition, Gaza’s Civil Defence agency says it received bodies of 80 unidentified Palestinians from Israel which it buried in a mass grave.
Hamas says that the fact that 80 decomposed bodies have been released by the Israeli military further highlights the “unprecedented crimes” committed in Gaza.
“They kill unarmed civilians in hospitals and shelters, kidnap their bodies, and exhume graves of martyrs and the dead, transferring them to occupation centres,” Hamas said, adding that this doubles the pain of Palestinian families who only wish to know the fate of their killed loved ones and bury them with dignity.
“This necessitates a clear stance from the international community to reject and condemn these actions and to work on holding the occupation leaders accountable for these heinous inhumane practices,” Hamas said.
Meanwhile, at least seven Palestinians were killed in fresh Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip on Monday, according to medical sources.
Israeli forces shelled a group of civilians in Tel al-Hawa neighborhood of Gaza City, leaving four people dead, Civil Defense spokesman Mahmoud Basal said in a statement.
Two more people were killed in a drone strike targeting a motorcycle and a gathering of civilians near Al-Maghazi Park in the central Gaza Strip, a medical source said.
A Palestinian woman also lost her life and several people were injured in another drone strike in the central Gaza Strip, another medical source said, according to Anadalou Agency.
Six civilians today were killed and others were injured in an Israeli airstrike south of Gaza City.
Local sources, quoting paramedics, said that at least four civilians lost their lives as a result of the occupation forces shelling a group of civilians in Al-Abraj Street in the Tal Al-Hawa area, south of Gaza City.
Two young men were also killed when the occupation warplanes targeted a group of citizens southeast of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, reports Wafa News Agency.
At least eight Palestinians were killed in an Israeli strike targeting an aid vehicle in the central Gaza Strip on Monday, according to a medical source.
The fatalities occurred when an Israeli drone hit a vehicle securing humanitarian aid near al-Matahin intersection southeast of Deir al-Balah, the source told Anadolu.
There was no comment from the Israeli military on the attack.
Separately, two Palestinians were killed in Israeli shelling of a group of civilians near Kuwait Roundabout in Gaza City, another medical source said
Additionally, Israeli warplanes targeted the al-Ridwan Mosque in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in northern Gaza City with at least two missiles, according to witnesses. The mosque had already been destroyed at the start of the Israeli offensive.
At least Israel’s war on Gaza. An estimated 1,139 people were killed in Israel during the Hamas-led attacks on October 7 and more than 200 were taken captive.
[Photo: Palestinians, incl children killed in Israeli attack on Hassan Salamah and Nasr schools, where displaced Palestinians took shelter in the Nasser neighborhood in Gaza City, Gaza on 04 08, 2024. Photojournalist Mahmoud İssa/ AA]
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