GAZA, Sunday, October 22, 2023 (WAFA) – At least 50 Palestinian civilians, including children and women, were brutally massacred in a series of Israeli airstrikes since early dawn today across the Gaza Strip, as the Israeli genocidal aggression on the territory enters its sixteenths day.
WAFA correspondent, citing hospital reports, said more than 50 people have been confirmed dead, with numerous critically injured individuals resulting from the shelling of several residential areas across the Strip, including homes and residential apartments.
In Rafah, south of the Strip, Israeli warplanes launched a series of airstrikes targeting civilian houses and leaving behind casualties among children and women.
Another Israeli fighter jet targeted a house with missiles in the Zawaida area in the central Gaza Strip, reducing it to ruins. Furthermore, warplanes also attacked the vicinity of Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, causing injuries to those seeking refuge there after being displaced from their homes as a result of the Israeli aggression.
In Khan Younis, another Israeli airstrike resulted in fatalities and injuries among innocent Palestinian civilians, and there are still people trapped under the rubble. Rescue teams are working tirelessly to retrieve them.
In addition, an Israeli fighter jet targeted an apartment in a residential tower in the Safatawi area in the north of Gaza City, resulting in further casualties.
A house in the town of Beit Lahia in northern Gaza was also bombed by an Israeli fighter jet, causing nine deaths and 15 injuries among innocent Palestinian civilians.
The Israeli airstrikes also targeted the Al-Nasr Tower in the Al-Nasr neighborhood in northern Gaza City, reducing it to rubble.
Reports also suggest the presence of over 80 bodies for Palestinian victims at the Martyrs of Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip following the intense Israeli missile strikes during the past night.
In addition, a number of injuries have been admitted to the hospital due to the ongoing Israeli aerial attacks on the homes of citizens to the east of the city.
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