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Sun 11 Aug 2024 8:39 am - Jerusalem Time

Heavy shelling on Gaza and evacuation orders a day after the dawn massacre

The Israeli occupation forces renewed their bombing of a number of sites in the Gaza Strip, and issued orders to evacuate a number of areas in preparation for bombing them. This came a day after a horrific massacre that targeted a school housing displaced people, resulting in the martyrdom of more than 100 Palestinians.


Two citizens were killed in an Israeli bombardment on the Nuseirat camp. The Sharif Tower in the Mufti Land area north of the Nuseirat camp was also subjected to Israeli bombardment.


A citizen was killed and others were injured in a bombing that targeted a house on Al-Hawja Street, in the middle of Jabalia camp.


In the town of Abasan in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, an Al Jazeera correspondent said that Israeli shelling targeted a house there, causing injuries.


This morning, Sunday, Israeli warplanes bombed the western part of the town of Bani Suhaila, east of Khan Yunis.


The Israeli air force launched an airstrike early today on the town of Al-Qarara, northeast of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip.


Israeli gunboats fired shells before dawn today towards the coast of Gaza City, and said that the Shati refugee camp west of the city was among the areas targeted by Israeli naval fire.


A Palestinian girl was injured early today by a gunshot to the face from an Israeli quadcopter drone east of the station intersection in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip.


The Israeli army shelled with artillery early today east of Al-Bureij camp in the central Gaza Strip.


In Rafah in the south, Palestinian media reported that the Israeli army blew up residential buildings early today.


Evacuation orders

On the other hand, the Israeli occupation army has demanded, during the past hours, the residents of a number of neighborhoods in Gaza City in the center of the Strip to evacuate them, in preparation for targeting them.


The evacuation orders included the city center, Sheikh Nasser, Barbakh, and parts of Ma'an neighborhoods, and the occupation army asked the residents to move to "known shelters in the humanitarian area."


He claimed that "the Qassam Brigades continue to launch rockets from these areas, towards the Gaza envelope area."


This came a day after an Israeli bombardment targeted - at dawn yesterday, Saturday - the Al-Tabi'in School in the Al-Daraj neighborhood, which resulted in the martyrdom of more than 100 Palestinians.


With the targeting of Al-Tabi’in School, the number of schools housing displaced persons that were bombed by the Israeli army in Gaza City over the past 10 days has risen to 7 schools, leaving a large number of martyrs and wounded.

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Heavy shelling on Gaza and evacuation orders a day after the dawn massacre

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