GAZA, Monday, May 27, 2024 (WAFA) - Seven civilians were killed and six others were injured tonight in Israeli airstrikes targeting a house north of the city of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip.
Local sources reported that ambulance and rescue crews recovered the bodies of seven people and six wounded from under the rubble of a house destroyed by an Israeli raid in the ‘Oraiba area, north of Rafah.
Kuwait Specialized Hospital in Rafah also announced the killing of two of its staff in an Israeli drone attack.
The hospital identified the two staff as Rashid Barhoum, 23, and Musab al-Arja 22.
In a related context, the hospital administration announced that it went out of service due to the expansion of the occupation’s aggression in Rafah Governorate and the repeated and deliberate attacks on the hospital’s surroundings.
It said the most recent attack was the targeting of the hospital gate, which led to the killing of two staff members, in addition to the injury of five medical staff in a previous targeting.
The hospital administration added that the medical teams will be transferred to the field hospital, which is being prepared in the Al-Mawasi area, on the southern coast of the Gaza Strip.
During the last hours, Rafah was subjected to a series of violent air raids and intense artillery shelling targeting the center and eastern part of the governorate, coinciding with the Israeli occupation forces' bombardment of several homes and facilities.
Meanwhile, the occupation aircraft launched raids on the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Strip, leaving several people killed and injured.
The attacks coincided with the occupation artillery shelling of the eastern part of the Bureij refugee camp, in the middle of the Gaza Strip.
Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital announced that the Israeli occupation continues to prevent the supply of fuel to the hospital, warning that its health services will stop during the next few hours.
A citizen was also killed and others were injured in an Israeli raid that targeted a house on Old Gaza Street in the northern Gaza Strip, coinciding with violent artillery shelling on the al-Zeitoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City.
The Israeli occupation continued today its relentless aggression against the Gaza Strip since the seventh of October last year, killing 36,050 people, the majority of whom were children and women, and injuring 81,026 others. Thousands of victims are still trapped under the rubble or scattered on the roads.
Casualty data in Gaza are incomplete due to the intensive Israeli aggression, the repeated and complete interruption of communication and internet services, lack of fuel and devastated infrastructure, which render it difficult to document figures.
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