GAZA, Friday, February 9, 2024 (WAFA) – Multiple civilian casualties were reported across the Gaza Strip over the last hours as the ongoing Israeli genocide campaign carried on across the besieged enclave, according to local and medical sources.
In Gaza City, Israeli occupation forces shot and killed nine Palestinians and injured 11 others in various neighborhoods of the city. Medical sources reported that the bodies of the nine martyrs and the 11 wounded were transported to Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital after being targeted by Israeli sniper fire in the southwest of Gaza City.
Simultaneously, Israeli warplanes conducted a series of airstrikes of the city, while artillery shelling targeted a house near the Haydar roundabout, west of the city.
Meantime, the number of individuals killed by Israeli occupation forces in Khan Yunis since the early morning hours has risen to 10, including 8 killed by Israeli sniper fire and continuous shelling on the Nasser Medical Complex and its surroundings. Two more individuals were reported killed near the Al-Awda Schools, which accommodate displaced persons in the town of Abasan, east of Khan Yunis.
Israeli occupation forces further carried out airstrikes on Khan Yunis, especially in the vicinity of the Nasser Medical Complex. They also stormed the Al-Amal Hospital, affiliated with the Palestinian Red Crescent Society.
The Red Crescent reported a complete failure of communication with its teams working at Al-Amal Hospital due to the ongoing Israeli incursion. It held the occupation responsible for the safety of their teams, the wounded, and the patients.
Meanwhile, Israeli forces forcibly evacuated displaced citizens from the Al-Awda Schools complex. Occupation forces used bulldozers to demolish homes in the vicinity of the schools and destroyed a residential block west of Khan Yunis.
In Rafah, southern Gaza, Israeli warplanes carried out airstrikes east of the province and near the Egyptian border. The Palestinian Red Crescent reported that its teams transferred the bodies of three martyrs and several wounded due to an Israeli strike on a house in Rafah.
In a separate incident, casualties were reported after an Israeli airstrike targeted a house at the eastern entrance of Beit Hanoun, north of the Gaza Strip. The occupation also carried out an airstrike east of Jabalia refugee camp.
Another Israeli artillery shelling hit a location east of Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, resulting in the injury of a citizen.
In a preliminary toll, the ongoing Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023 has resulted in more than 27,947 confirmed fatalities. Additionally, over 67,000 people have been injured.
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