Medical sources told Al Jazeera that at least 18 Palestinians were killed in Israeli raids on various areas of Gaza since dawn on Wednesday, amid the occupation's intensification of targeting various areas in the Strip, at a time when figures revealed an increase in the occupation army's losses as a result of resistance operations.

For its part, the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza said that the Israeli occupation committed 3 massacres against families in Gaza, resulting in 42 dead and 107 wounded arriving at hospitals during the past 24 hours.

Thus, the death toll from the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip has risen to 40,861 and 94,398 wounded since October 7.

Civil Defense in Gaza said that 5 martyrs - including 3 women and a child - fell in an Israeli bombardment of a house in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, north of Gaza City.

He also added that two Palestinians were killed and 11 others were injured in an Israeli raid on a house in the Zeitoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City.

There are also other injured people trapped under the rubble as a result of the Israeli raid.

Six people were killed in an Israeli bombardment that targeted a gathering of Palestinians in the vicinity of Sheikh Zayed Towers, north of the Gaza Strip.

In eastern Gaza City, Al Jazeera's correspondent reported that 3 children were injured in an Israeli airstrike on a residential apartment near Al-Daraj clinic.

Five Palestinians were killed and several others were injured - most of them women and children - in an Israeli airstrike that targeted a residential apartment on Al-Jalaa Street, west of Gaza City.

New losses

On the other hand, Israeli army data showed, today, Wednesday, that 5 soldiers were injured, including one in the Gaza Strip, during the past 24 hours.

According to data published by the army on its website, the number of wounded soldiers since the beginning of the war on Gaza on October 7 (Operation Al-Aqsa Flood) has reached 4,422, up from 4,417 yesterday, Tuesday.

Thus, the number of wounded soldiers in the past 24 hours has reached 5.

The same data indicates that 2,268 soldiers were injured in the ground battles in the Gaza Strip that began on the 27th of the same month, up from 2,267 yesterday, Tuesday.

The Israeli army did not specify where the rest of the soldiers were injured.

According to the same data, 20 soldiers are currently receiving treatment in serious condition, 170 in moderate condition, and 7 in minor condition.

Regarding the death toll, the data shows that 706 soldiers and officers have been killed since the beginning of the war on Gaza, including 340 in ground battles, while Tel Aviv is accused of concealing the true number of its dead and wounded soldiers.

On a daily basis, the resistance factions in Gaza announce the killing and wounding of Israeli soldiers and the destruction of military vehicles throughout Gaza, and broadcast video clips documenting some of their operations.