GAZA, Sunday, October 22, 2023 (WAFA) – As the Israeli genocidal aggression on Gaza enters its 16th day in a row, Israeli airstrikes have taken a heavy human toll on the besieged enlace, claiming dozens of innocent lives, including children, and injuring many more.
In the city of Khan Yunis, in the southern the Gaza Strip, 11 civilians tragically were brutally massacred and many more were injured when an Israeli airstrike hit a café in the center of the city. The café, known as Rio, had been used as a refuge for displaced individuals whose homes had been destroyed by the Israeli aggression. Rescue teams and locals are still working to pull out victims from the rubble.
Also in Khan Yunis,, an Israeli airstrike on the Al-Astal family home resulted in the loss of four lives, including two women and a child. Several others suffered varying degrees of injuries during the attack.
Additionally, Israeli airstrikes targeted two mosques in Jabalia refugee camp, north of Gaza, with no reported casualties.
Meantime, at least 11 innocent civilians were murdered and others were injured in an Israeli airstrike targeting a house belonging to the Abu Shamala family in the Tell al-Sultan neighborhood, west of Rafah in southern Gaza.
The Tel al-Zaatar area in the northern town of Beit Lahia was also targeted, resulting in civilian casualties, including children. Apartments in the vicinity of Al-Shifa Hospital in central Gaza City were also attacked by Israeli airstrikes, leading to several civilian casualties.
In the city of Rafah, in southern Gaza, multiple houses were hit during the airstrikes, with an unidentified number of civilians killed and injured as a result. The same fate befell individuals in Khirbat al-Adas near the city.
These ongoing Israeli genocidal war on Gaza has led to a growing humanitarian crisis, with significant civilian casualties, ongoing medical emergencies, and considerable destruction.
The aggression against has also brought immense suffering to the civilian Palestinian population, with casualties, particularly among innocent children and healthcare workers, mounting around the clock as a result of nonstop Israeli aerial bombardment.
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