GAZA, Wednesday, June 19, 2024 (WAFA) - At least 11 Palestinians were Wednesday killed after they were targeted by a missile from an Israeli drone in Gaza City.

A medical source at Al-Ahly Al-Arabi Hospital said that two people were killed after they were targeted by a missile from an Israeli drone on Al-Sikka Street in Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City.

Two Palestinians were killed in an Israeli occupation artillery shelling around Al-Alam Roundabout, west of the city of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, bringing the number of slain civilians in the city since dawn today to 23.

Local sources reported that the occupation destroyed more than 70% of the city of Rafah’s facilities and infrastructure, including burning and destroying all of the Rafah crossing halls and its facilities.

The occupation forces continue to close the crossing after they occupied the Palestinian side of it on May 7, the day after the start of their ground invasion of the city of Rafah.

The number of civilians killed since the beginning of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023, has risen to more than 37,396, most of them children and women. At least 85,452 others have been wounded.

Thousands of victims remain missing; either buried under the rubble or scattered on the roads, as rescue teams face tremendous difficulties in reaching them due to the continued Israeli attacks and the massive amount of debris.

K.T