GAZA, May 17, 2025 (WAFA) – At least 22 Palestinians were killed and several others injured on Saturday as Israeli occupation forces launched multiple airstrikes across the Gaza Strip, targeting central and northern areas.
According to local sources, a deadly strike hit Sefinet Al-Khair, a makeshift structure south of Deir al-Balah, killing nine Palestinians and injuring others in a new massacre in the city.
Three more Palestinians were killed in a separate Israeli attack targeting a group of civilians outside the Abu Saleem Mosque in Deir al-Balah.
In northern Gaza, four civilians were killed when an Israeli drone strike targeted a home belonging to the Bahtini family near Al-Awda Hospital in the Tal al-Zaatar neighborhood.
Meanwhile, five Palestinians were killed east of Gaza City when Israeli artillery shelled a gathering of civilians near Al-Hawashi Mosque in the Shujaiya neighborhood. The victims were identified as Hussam Al-Fayoumi, Mohammad Ahmad Al-Banna, Hudhaifa Farwana, Sabri Hmeida, and Rami Al-Sousi.
In the southern city of Khan Younis, a man named Waheed Suleiman Abd Abu Aram was killed when Israeli warplanes bombed a house in the Qizan Abu Rashwan area.
Additionally, a child, Shahada Abu Jamea, succumbed to wounds sustained from an Israeli attack the previous day in the town of Bani Suheila, east of Khan Younis.
The ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza since October 2023 has so far resulted in at least 53,272 documented Palestinian fatalities, with over 120,673 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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