GAZA, Tuesday, January 9, 2024 (WAFA) - Several civilians were killed and others were injured tonight in Israeli strikes targeting the center of the Gaza Strip.
According to local sources, several civilians were killed and others were injured in an Israeli bombing that targeted a group of civilians in the town of Al-Zuwaida, in the central Strip.
The occupation warplanes also shelled a house near the girls' junior high school in the al-Maghazi refugee camp, in the center of the Strip, resulting in several casualties.
Earlier, at least four civilians were killed in the said camp. Rescue teams were unable to evacuate their bodies due to the intensified Israeli military reinforcement at the entrance of the camp.
Several bodies and wounded arrived at the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Hospital as a result of an Israeli strike that targeted a house in Deir al-Balah, in the central Strip.
The occupation Gun-firing drones attacked displaced persons sheltering in UNRWA-run schools west of Khan Yunis, as well as the vicinity of Nasser Hospital in the southern Strip, and areas east of Nuseirat refugee camp, in the center of the Strip, injuring several people.
Israeli jets also bombed a mosque and the homes of several citizens in the southern part of Qizan an-Najjar village, south of Khan Yunis.
The occupation artillery continued to shell the al-Manara neighborhood, the Fakhari area, and several different areas in Khan Yunis, which led to the killing of two women in the Fakhari area.
A child in the Gaza European Hospital also succumbed to injuries sustained in an artillery shelling on the eastern parts of Khan Yunis yesterday, bringing the number of civilians killed in Khan Yunis to 13 in the last 24 hours.
Rescue teams and ambulance crews recovered the bodies of two people and several wounded from under the rubble of a house that was targeted by an Israeli airstrike in the town of Jabalia, north of the Strip.
Several civilians were also killed and others were injured in Israeli airstrikes targeting areas west of Gaza City and the Zeitoun neighborhood.
A provisional count of civilians killed in the Israeli aggression on Gaza since October 7th indicated that 23210 people were killed, over 70% of whom were children and women, and at least 23210 wounded. Over 7000 people were reported missing.
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