GAZA, December 26, 2024 (WAFA) – Several Palestinians were killed, and many more injured this evening—most in critical condition—after Israeli occupation forces bombed the Al-Safir Tower adjacent to Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza.
Local sources reported that many of the casualties are women and children, and the number of victims could rise as a large number of people remain trapped under the rubble. Medical teams and rescue workers are unable to reach the site due to continuous Israeli bombardment in the area.
Meanwhile, the Israeli occupation army is continuing to target the surroundings of Kamal Adwan Hospital, intensifying the attack by firing artillery shells at the region. In addition to the assault on the tower, several homes in the area have been set on fire by Israeli troops.
In another incident, a Palestinian fisherman was killed by Israeli naval forces who opened fire on a group of fishermen off the coast of Nuseirat in central Gaza.
Simultaneously, rescue teams, including medical and civil defense units, managed to retrieve the bodies of five victims from the rubble of a house belonging to the Alwan family in the Yafa area of the Al-Daraj neighborhood, north of Gaza City. The house was hit by an Israeli airstrike.
Israeli artillery also targeted areas east of the town of Khuza’a in the Khan Younis district in the southern Gaza Strip, as gunfire was directed at civilians and their homes. Meantime, Israeli warplanes launched an airstrike in western Gaza City.
The ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza since October 2023 has so far resulted in at least 45,399 documented Palestinian fatalities, with over 107,940 others injured.
Thousands of victims are feared trapped under rubble, inaccessible to emergency and civil defense teams due to Israeli attacks.
Israel's genocidal attacks continue unabated despite calls from the UN Security Council for an immediate ceasefire and directives from the International Court of Justice urging measures to prevent genocide and alleviate the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza.
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