GAZA, Sunday, May 12, 2024 (WAFA) – A number of civilians were killed and others injured at predawn today as Israeli warplanes continued their relentless bombardment targeting various areas across the Gaza Strip.
In Rafah, nine civilians were reported killed following an Israeli airstrike on a house in the city, located in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.
Local sources confirmed that most of the casualties were children, with several others sustaining injuries as a result of the Israeli bombardment on the Hashash family's home in the Arraiba area northwest of Rafah.
In addition to the attack in Rafah, Israeli warplanes conducted intense airstrikes on the Nusseirat refugee camp in central Gaza. Furthermore, Israeli drones fired shots towards ambulances near the UNRWA clinic in the Jabalia refugee camp, located in northern Gaza.
Simultaneously, medical sources reported that two individuals were killed and five others wounded after intense gunfire from Israeli Apache helicopters targeted the southern outskirts of the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood in southeast Gaza City. The casualties were transported to Al-Ahli Baprist Hospital in Gaza City.
Israeli airstrikes also targeted residential homes near the Hassan al-Banna Mosque in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, resulting in one fatality and six injuries. Medical personnel transported the casualties to Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza City for medical attention.
Furthermore, the bodies of Dr. Mohammed Nemer Qazaat, a medical doctor, and his son, Dr. Yousef, also a medical doctor, were recovered following an Israeli airstrike on Deir al-Balah city in central Gaza.
The father and son, originally from the Tel al-Hawa neighborhood in Gaza City, had sought refuge in Deir al-Balah during the ongoing Israeli offensive on Gaza. Their bodies were transferred to the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah for further procedures.
In a preliminary toll, the ongoing Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip since October 7th last year has resulted in 34,971 documented Palestinian fatalities, in addition to 78,641 injuries and thousands missing.
In addition, thousands are feared dead under the rubble as ambulance and rescue teams continue to face enormous challenges reaching them, with Israeli occupation forces curtailing the movement of—and sometimes attacking—ambulance and civil defense teams.
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