GAZA, March 20, 2025 (WAFA) – At least seven Palestinian citizens were killed and several others were injured, many of them critically, on Thursday afternoon due to an Israeli airstrike and gunfire in Khan Younis and Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, according to local sources.

WAFA correspondent reported that Israeli warplanes launched an airstrike targeting a house in the town of Abasan al-Kabira, east of Khan Younis, killing at least six Palestinians. Among the victims identified were: Mohammed Nasser al-Breim, Mohammed Jamal al-Najjar, Mohammed Musabbeh, and Abdulrahman Musabbeh. Dozens of others were injured, most of them in critical condition, and the airstrike caused extensive damage to the area.

In the meantime, a Palestinian citizen, Jihad Shaheen, along with his wife and several of their children, were killed when Israeli warplanes targeted their home in the Armaida area, east of Khan Younis.

Additionally, a young man, Adi Abu Amrah, was killed after Israeli forces opened fire on him in the al-Shaboura area in the center of Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.

Medical sources reported that since early this morning, 95fatalities and 133 injured individuals have been transported to hospitals in Gaza as a result of the recent massacres committed by Israeli occupation forces against innocent civilians.

The ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza since October 2023 has so far resulted in at least 48,572 documented Palestinian fatalities, with over 112,032 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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