KHAN YOUNES, Saturday, August 3, 2024 (WAFA) – An Israeli occupation airstrike on the city of Khan Younes in the southern Gaza Strip today killed five Palestinians, including a child, according to local sources.

They said that Israeli fighter jets targeted a house belonging to the Abu Hasna family at the Miraj area, located between the cities of Khan Younes and Rafah, killing five family members, including a child and three women.

Israel has proceeded with its genocidal offensive on the war-torn Strip in complete disregard of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which ordered Israel in a legally binding decision to halt its military offensive in Rafah, which may violate its obligations under the Genocide Convention.

Israel has been waging a devastating war on Gaza since October 7, killing at least 39,480 Palestinians, mostly children and women, and injuring over 91,128 others.

Moreover, at least 10,000 people are unaccounted for, presumed dead under the rubble of their homes throughout the Strip.

Palestinian and international organizations say that the majority of those killed and wounded are women and children.

The Israeli aggression has also resulted in the forceful displacement of nearly two million people from all over the Gaza Strip, with the vast majority of the displaced forced into the densely crowded southern city of Rafah near the border with Egypt – in what has become Palestine’s largest mass exodus since the 1948 Nakba.

K.F.