GAZA, July 3, 2025 (WAFA) – At least 19 Palestinians were killed and dozens injured on Thursday as Israeli forces carried out a series of intense airstrikes and live-fire attacks across multiple areas of the Gaza Strip, according to medical sources.

In Rafah, southern Gaza, seven people were killed, with 30 reported wounded following heavy Israeli airstrikes on the Al-Shakoush area, northwest of the city.

In Khan Younis, Israeli warplanes targeted the Batn al-Samin area in the southern part of the city with multiple airstrikes, though casualty figures from the strike are still being verified.

In central Gaza, six Palestinians were shot dead by Israeli soldiers near an aid distribution center north of the province, as residents gathered to collect much-needed humanitarian supplies.

The victims also included Muhannad Al-Layyeh, a player for the Khidmat Al-Maghazi football club, who succumbed to wounds sustained in a previous Israeli airstrike on his home in the Maghazi refugee camp.

In Gaza City, three civilians were killed and others injured when Israeli jets bombed a residential apartment in the Qasr Al-Minah building in the western part of the city. Additional strikes on the Zaytoun and Tuffah neighborhoods in eastern Gaza claimed the lives of three more Palestinians and wounded several others, including children. Some of the injured were rushed to the Baptist (Al-Ma’madani) Hospital following a strike near Salah al-Din Mosque in Zaytoun.

In northern Gaza, Israeli aircraft bombed a crowd of civilians near the Halawa roundabout in Jabalia town, killing two people and injuring several others.

Emergency and civil defense teams continue efforts to recover victims from the rubble, operating under extreme danger due to the ongoing bombardment and frequent targeting of rescue workers by Israeli

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