GAZA, September 8, 2025 (WAFA) – Fifty-nine civilians have been confirmed killed in Israeli airstrikes and attacks on the Gaza Strip since dawn today, according to medical sources.
One civilian was killed in an Israeli shelling of a house in the Al-Zarqa area of Al-Tuffah neighborhood, northeast of Gaza City.
Six civilians were also killed and others were injured by Israeli gunfire while waiting for aid north of Khan Yunis in the southern Strip.
Earlier, one civilian was killed and three others injured in an Israeli strike that targeted a group of people northwest of Gaza City. Another civilian was killed in an Israeli airstrike that targeted a group of civilians near the courtyard of Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in central Gaza City.
Israeli strikes have primarily targeted Gaza City, subjecting it to intensified aerial and artillery bombardment since dawn, resulting in numerous civilian casualties across multiple neighborhoods.
In the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, northwest of Gaza City, three civilians were killed and others were injured in Israeli airstrikes that targeted two residential homes. A subsequent drone strike targeted a tent sheltering displaced persons near the Tammous junction, resulting in the killing of three additional civilians.
On Yarmouk Street, north of Gaza City, an Israeli warplane targeted a house belonging to the Al-Duwaifi family, resulting in the killing of five civilians. In a separate airstrike on a displaced people’s tent west of the city, four more civilians, including a child, were killed.
Israeli warplanes also targeted an apartment in the Al-Rimal neighborhood west of Gaza City, killing two brothers. Several others were injured in a similar strike targeting an apartment near the municipal park in the city center.
The Israeli army also continued to blow up homes and buildings using explosives-laden robots in the vicinity of the Sheikh Radwan water reservoir, in parallel with ongoing airstrikes in the area. Drones also dropped explosive bombs on the rooftops of civilian homes.
In Al-Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, five civilians, including a young girl, were killed and 22 others were injured in an israeli shelling targeting a gathering of people.
In Khan Yunis, three civilians, including two brothers, were killed and seven others were injured in an Israeli bombardment strike that targeted a tent for displaced persons in Al-Qadisiyah camp in Al-Mawasi area.
Israeli artillery also shelled various areas in the northern and southern parts of Khan Yunis, while navy vessels fired shells toward the coast of Rafah.
Since October 7, 2023, Israel, the occupying power, has been committing a genocide in the Gaza Strip, resulting in the killing of 64,522 civilians and the injury of 163,096 others, the majority of whom are children and women.
Hundreds of thousands have also been displaced, and famine has claimed the lives of 393 people, including 140 children.
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