Three citizens, including two children and their mother, were killed and six others were injured in an Israeli missile strike that targeted the Halawa family home in the Zarqa area north of Gaza City, at dawn on Wednesday. The wounded and martyrs were transferred to the Baptist Hospital in the city.

In a related context, Israeli warplanes launched violent raids on the neighborhoods of Jabalia camp and Beit Lahia project in the northern Gaza Strip, coinciding with intensive artillery shelling targeting populated areas, which led to the destruction of a number of homes and terrorizing civilians.

This escalation comes within the framework of the ongoing Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, where the death toll has so far reached 42,718 citizens, and 100,282 others have been injured, in an incomplete toll with thousands of missing people under the rubble.