GAZA, Sunday, May 19, 2024 (WAFA) – A series of intense Israeli airstrikes and heavy artillery shelling struck the Nuseirat, Bureij, and Jabalia refugee camps, as well as the towns and cities of Beit Lahia, Rafah, and Gaza City late last night, resulting in multiple casualties among civilians, including a journalist.
WAFA correspondents reported that Journalist Abdullah Al-Najjar was among those killed after being targeted by an Israeli airstrike in the town of Jabalia, northern Gaza.
Simultaneously, three civilians were killed and others wounded in an Israeli airstrike on a house north of Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza Strip.
Meantime, several civilians were killed and injured when Israeli warplanes targeted a house belonging to the Shahin family in Gaza City.
Also in Gaza City, three civilians were killed and several others injured in an airstrike targeting a school sheltering displaced persons in the Al-Daraj neighborhood. The casualties were swiftly transferred to Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in the city for urgent medical attention.
In the central region, local sources reported that one civilian was killed and others injured as Israeli warplanes targeted a group of civilians in Deir al-Balah.
Furthermore, in southern Gaza, eyewitnesses confirmed that Israeli military helicopters fired live ammunition east of Rafah, coinciding with airstrikes in the city center.
Additionally, shells were launched from Israeli warships towards the coastal areas of the Rafah seafront, while Israeli artillery intensified its bombardment of several areas in the eastern and central parts of the city.
In northern Gaza, several areas in Jabalia, Beit Lahia, and the vicinity of Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza Strip further witnessed heavy artillery shelling, resulting in more casualties among civilians.
The ongoing Israeli onslaught on Gaza since October 7, now in its 226th day, has resulted so far in at least 35,386 documented Palestinian fatalities, with an additional 79,366 individuals sustaining injuries, according to the local health authorities. The majority of the victims are women and children.
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