PALESTINE
Wed 19 Jun 2024 9:50 pm - Jerusalem Time
11 Palestinians killed in Israeli air and artillery bombardment of Gaza and Rafah
At least 11 citizens were killed and others were injured, this evening, Wednesday, in a raid launched by Israeli occupation aircraft east of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip.
Medical sources reported that 11 citizens were killed and 30 others were injured, in a raid launched by the occupation air force on a gathering of citizens on Salah al-Din Street, east of Rafah. The bodies of the martyrs and the wounded were transported to the European Gaza Hospital in the neighboring city of Khan Yunis.
Earlier, two citizens were killed in Israeli occupation artillery shelling around Al-Alam Roundabout, west of the city of Rafah, bringing the number of dead in the city since dawn today to 23.
Local sources reported that the occupation destroyed more than 70% of the city's facilities and infrastructure, including burning and destroying all the Rafah crossing halls and its facilities.
The occupation forces continue to close the crossing after they occupied the Palestinian side of it on May 7, the day after the start of their ground invasion of the city of Rafah.
In Gaza City, two citizens were killed after being targeted by a missile from an Israeli drone.
A medical source at Al-Ahly Al-Arabi Hospital "Al-Maamdani" reported that two dead arrived at the hospital after they were targeted by a missile from an Israeli drone on Al-Sikka Street in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City.
In an infinite toll, the number of dead in the Gaza Strip since the start of the Israeli occupation aggression on the 7th of last October reached 37,396 killed, in addition to 85,523 wounded, the majority of whom were children and women. A number of victims are still under the rubble and on the roads, and crews cannot Ambulance and rescue reach them.
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11 Palestinians killed in Israeli air and artillery bombardment of Gaza and Rafah