GAZA, Saturday, June 29, 2024 (WAFA) - Early this Saturday morning, Israeli airstrikes targeted residential areas across the Gaza Strip, resulting in the murder of dozens of innocent civilians, including two children, and injuring several others.
According to our correspondent, an Israeli warplane bombed a house belonging to the Abu Khadra family on Al-Wehda Street in central Gaza City. The attack left four civilians killed, including two children, and wounded 10 others, who were rushed to Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in the city for treatment.
Simultaneously, Israeli artillery fired several shells towards homes in the Shuja'iya neighborhood, east of Gaza City.
Reports also confirmed that earlier in the night, two children were killed and at least five civilians injured in an airstrike that targeted a house near the Al-Yarmouk area, adjacent to Al-Jazeera Club stadium in Gaza City.
Additionally, several civilians were injured in another airstrike on the Al-Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza.
Israeli forces also opened fire with machine guns on the tents of displaced persons in the Shakoush area and Tel al-Sultan neighborhood in Rafah.
Meantime, medical sources reported multiple casualties after the Israeli artillery shelled makeshift shelters and agricultural greenhouses in the Al-Mawasi area, northwest of Rafah city, southern Gaza.
Also in Rafah, rescue teams retrieved the bodies of five victims following the withdrawal of Israeli troops from the Shakoush area west of the city.
In addition, Israeli tanks opened fire towards residential homes east of Khan Yunis city.
Meanwhile, in central Gaza, Israeli forces targeted areas north and west of Nusseirat camp concurrently with artillery bombardment.
Further airstrikes by Israeli warplanes targeted neighborhoods of Tel Al-Hawa and Sheikh Ajleen southwest of Gaza City.
Israeli quadcopters also targeted civilian homes near Al-Shama'a Mosque in the Zaytoun neighborhood and in the Shejaiya district, resulting in casualties, alongside intense artillery shelling.
The ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza since October 7th, 2023 has tragically resulted in the killing of more than 37,765 Palestinians, predominantly women and children, and the injury of over 86,429 others, according to preliminary reports.
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