Government Media Office noted that 166 Palestinians were martyred and 384 were injured in the Gaza Strip in the past 24 hours
News Desk
GAZA: As the US-backed Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip entered day 79 on Sunday, massive aerial and artillery strikes continued to pound and level whole blocks and homes and massacre more civilians, mostly children and women.
The death toll from the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip has risen to 20,424, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, reporting an additional 54,036 people injured.
Meanwhile, the Government Media Office noted that 166 Palestinians were martyred and 384 were injured in the Gaza Strip in the past 24 hours. It further detailed that the Israeli occupation ordered citizens from eight neighborhoods in the central governorate to leave for the Deir al-Balah area, and once they did, the occupation army committed five massacres in the area they forced them out to, killing 28 and injuring 88.
A reporter for the Palestinian Information Center said that the Israeli occupation army continued to attack different areas of Gaza last night and on Sunday morning, targeting homes, civilian gatherings and shelter centers, and massacring dozens of citizens.
According to local sources, a teenager identified as Mohamed Abu Anza was killed when an Israeli drone fired one missile at him near the Abasan junction in the east of Khan Yunis.
Two journalists Mohamed az-Zeituniyah, from Al-Ray Radio, and Mohamed al-Af, from Al-Ray Agency, were martyred when the Israeli army attacked a house belonging to the family of az-Zeituniyah in Gaza City.
Casualties were also reported when the Israeli army bombed displaced civilians in al-Mughraqa area, southwest of Gaza City.
The Israeli army also attacked a group of citizens in as-Sunniyya Mosque in central Khan Yunis, killing two of them.
One woman was reportedly martyred and others were injured following an Israeli attack on al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza.
In Jabalia, Israeli forces stormed al-Rafi’ie School, which houses hundreds of displaced people, rounded up the men and forced the women and children to leave the compound while firing gunshots.
According to Al-Ray Agency, wounded civilians and bodies are lying on roads in Jabalia, while ambulance crews are unable to reach the victims as a result of the intensive bombardment.
A citizen (Mustafa Mahmoud) was also martyred along with his child during an Israeli attack near the customs office in Khan Yunis. The father and his son were looking for drinking water when the Israeli army bombed the area.
A 13-year-old child identified as Ameer Awdeh was shot dead by Israeli gunfire from a drone during his presence inside Al-Amal Hospital in Khan Yunis.
