GAZA, Monday, May 6, 2024 (WAFA) – A number of Palestinian citizens Monday dawn were killed and others were injured as a result of Israeli bombing of the city of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip as Israel continues its aggression against Palestinians for the 213th day.
22 Palestinians, including 8 children, were killed as a result of occupation raids that targeted 11 homes in Rafah since yesterday evening.
WAFA correspondents said that 22 civilians, including eight children, were killed as a result of Israeli occupation raids that targeted 11 homes in Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip.
They said that 4 civilains, including two children, were killed in an Israeli bombing that targeted a house owned by Abu Lebda family in Al-Geneina neighborhood, east of the city of Rafah, while 9 people, including four children, were killed as a result of an Israeli bombing that targeted a house owned by Qishta family in Al-Salam neighborhood in the city of Rafah.
Four citizens, including an infant, were killed as a result of the occupation warplanes bombing a house on George Street, east of the city of Rafah.
An air strike also targeted Khirbet Al-Adas, northeast of the city.
Earlier yesterday, civil defense crews in Gaza had recovered five decomposed bodies of slain civilians from Al-Jaabari family, whose house was targeted near the Palestine Stadium in the city.
Local health authorities confirmed that the Palestinian death toll from the Israeli onslaught since October 7 has risen to 34,683 reported fatalities, with an additional 78,018 individuals sustaining injuries. The majority of the victims are women and children.
Meanwhile, ambulance and rescue teams are still unable to reach many casualties and dead bodies trapped under the rubble or scattered on roads across the war-torn enclave, as Israeli occupation forces continue to obstruct the movement of and ambulance and civil defense teams.
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