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PALESTINE

Wed 17 Jan 2024 7:15 am - Jerusalem Time

War on Gaza: The "most violent" day in Khan Yunis...dozens of killed and wounded in Israeli raids

At least 13 citizens were killed and others were injured in the continuous Israeli occupation air and artillery bombardment on Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip, bringing the number of dead in the governorate since this morning to 23 people, while violent clashes broke out, at dawn on Wednesday, between the Palestinian resistance and the Israeli forces trying to advance towards Nasser Hospital.


The Israeli warplanes launched raids on four houses inhabited by citizens west of Khan Yunis, in addition to violent bombardment targeting a number of residential buildings in the Al-Nasmawi neighborhood in the city, and artillery shelling in the “Batn Al-Sameen” area to the west, and the “New Abasan” area to the east.

The Israeli army also targeted, with raids and bombing, the vicinity of Nasser Medical Hospital and the vicinity of Al-Amal Hospital, affiliated with the Palestinian Red Crescent Society, which led to severe damage to the hospital and a state of panic and terror among the ranks of patients, wounded, medical staff, and displaced people.


Local sources reported that the Israeli forces destroyed and blew up dozens of homes and residential buildings in Khan Yunis Governorate, considering today the “most violent” day in Khan Yunis since the beginning of the Israeli aggression on October 7th.


Also at dawn today, 4 citizens, including two girls, were killed, and dozens were injured as a result of the Israeli bombing of a house in central Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip.

Earlier, a woman and her child were killed in an Israeli raid that targeted a group of citizens in the Hashashashin area, west of Rafah, in the south of the Gaza Strip.


At least 4 citizens were also killed in an Israeli bombing on the town of Jabalia, north of the Gaza Strip.


Local sources said that 4 citizens, including a child, were killed as a result of artillery shelling on Jabalia al-Balad, while the Israeli aircraft launched raids on the town of Beit Hanoun, north of the Gaza Strip.


In Gaza City, ambulance and rescue crews were able to recover the bodies of 20 dead, in addition to dozens of wounded, following violent raids launched by occupation aircraft on a number of homes in the “Tunnel” area, which led to their destruction along with the heads of their residents.


In an infinite toll, the number of killed in the Gaza Strip since the start of the Israeli aggression on the seventh of last October has risen to 24,285 people, in addition to 61,154 wounded, and thousands of people missing under the rubble.

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War on Gaza: The "most violent" day in Khan Yunis...dozens of killed and wounded in Israeli raids

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