Twenty Palestinians were killed today, Saturday, in Israeli raids on the Gaza Strip, while those trapped in Jabalia and Beit Lahia issued a distress call to rescue them.

The Israeli bombing by warplanes, drones and artillery caused deaths in Rafah and Khan Yunis in the south, and in Gaza City and nearby areas in the north.

Seven people were killed, including five who were killed by Israeli drone fire east of Rafah city in the southern Gaza Strip.

Two people were killed and others were injured in an Israeli bombardment that targeted displaced people in the Al-Junaina neighborhood in the same area.

At the same time, occupation tanks bombed the Al-Rayyan area, northeast of Rafah, while occupation forces blew up residential buildings west of the city.

In nearby Khan Yunis, a Palestinian was killed and others were injured in an Israeli airstrike on a house in the Qizan Rashwan area, southwest of the city.

Appeals for rescue

In the northern Gaza Strip, Al Jazeera's correspondent reported that occupation aircraft targeted two houses in the vicinity of Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia.

Those trapped in Jabalia and Beit Lahia camps are appealing for rescue after Israeli shelling of their homes.

Three Palestinians were martyred last night in an artillery bombardment around the Musab bin Omair Mosque in Beit Lahia.

Jabalia camp was also subjected to similar shelling, and at the same time, the occupation forces blew up more residential buildings in the area.

Since October 5, the Israeli army has been launching a large-scale aggression on the northern Gaza Strip, resulting in the martyrdom of about two thousand Palestinians and the displacement of thousands of others south towards Gaza City.

This morning, 3 people were killed in a bombing of the Shuja'iyya neighborhood east of Gaza City, while another Palestinian was killed in a bombing of the Sabra neighborhood in the south.

Palestinian sources also reported the recovery of the bodies of young men who were targeted by the occupation forces' fire in the Al-Karama neighborhood, west of Gaza City.

In the central Gaza Strip, one person was killed and others were injured in an Israeli airstrike targeting Palestinians west of the Nuseirat camp.

A number of Palestinians were injured when an Israeli drone bombed Palestinians in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip.

The camp had been subjected to shelling by Israeli warships, vehicles and drones before that, and at the same time, artillery shelled a brick factory northeast of the camp, while the occupation forces blew up residential buildings in the area.

In the central Gaza Strip, Palestinians were also injured as a result of Israeli drone shelling targeting Palestinians in the city of Deir al-Balah. The shelling also included the central region of the al-Bureij camp.

3 massacres

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip said that the Israeli occupation forces committed 3 massacres during the past 24 hours, resulting in 35 dead and 111 wounded being transferred to hospitals.

The ministry added that the number of victims of the Israeli aggression since October 7, 2023, has risen to 43,799 killed and 103,601 wounded.

tragic situation

On the humanitarian level, the spokesman for the Civil Defense in the Gaza Strip, Mahmoud Basal, described the situation in the northern Gaza Strip as extremely tragic.

Basal told Al Jazeera that the occupation is demolishing homes over the heads of their owners in the area, which has been subjected to continuous attacks for about 6 weeks.

The Civil Defense in Gaza also said that for the 25th day, its work is still forcibly suspended in all areas of the northern Gaza Strip due to the ongoing targeting and aggression.

He added that thousands of residents in those areas are now without humanitarian response, care and medical relief.

The Civil Defense called on the international community and humanitarian organizations to respond to the calls, distress calls and suffering of thousands of citizens besieged in the northern Gaza Strip due to the ongoing Israeli crimes, and to make serious efforts to restore the work of the Civil Defense and operate its disabled vehicles.

In this context, the Gaza City Municipality said that the occupation's continued prevention of the entry of cooking gas into the Gaza and North Gaza governorates deepens the humanitarian crisis.

For its part, Khan Yunis Municipality announced the suspension of fuel supplies needed to operate water and sewage pumps and waste collection and transport mechanisms.

The municipality spokesman said that the occupation has not brought in fuel for a week, which has caused the disruption of basic services.

Resistance operations

In military developments, the Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), announced today that it had succeeded, in cooperation with the Al-Ansar Brigades, in sniping an Israeli soldier south of the Al-Zeitoun neighborhood in Gaza City.

For its part, the Mujahideen Brigades announced today that it had bombed, in cooperation with the Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad Movement, the command and control headquarters of the occupation army in the Netzarim axis with a barrage of rockets.

The past few days have witnessed an escalation in Palestinian resistance operations in the northern Gaza Strip, as well as in the Netzarim axis, which separates the central and southern Gaza Strip from the northern regions.