More than 80 civilians were killed and injured on Wednesday in a horrific massacre committed by the occupation forces when they bombed a residential area in the Shuja'iyya neighborhood east of Gaza City.

This comes as the Israeli occupation army continues its aggression against the Gaza Strip, launching air and artillery bombardments targeting inhabited civilian homes, shelters, and tents for displaced people across the Strip.

In detail, the occupation bombed a four-story home belonging to the Abu Amsha family on Baghdad Street in the Shuja'iyya neighborhood, destroying the home and damaging ten neighboring homes, all of which were inhabited. This resulted in the deaths of at least 30 civilians, including 8 children, and the injury of approximately 50 others.

Ambulance and rescue crews are still searching for missing people under the rubble.

Five civilians were killed in a new airstrike carried out by Israeli warplanes on Shuja'iyya, just hours after the massacre in the same neighborhood.

Two civilians, including a child, were also reported killed in an Israeli bombardment that targeted an apartment belonging to the Al-Hajj family in the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip. Two civilians were also killed in a bombardment that targeted two tents housing displaced people west of Khan Yunis.

Eyewitnesses said the Israeli army is continuing its policy of bombing residential buildings northwest of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip.

50 dead since Wednesday dawn

Medical sources reported that 50 civilians were killed in Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip since dawn on Wednesday, including 35 in the Shuja'iyya neighborhood.

The Ministry of Health in Gaza announced that the death toll in the Gaza Strip has risen to 50,846, the majority of whom are children and women. The number of injuries has risen to 115,729 since the start of the aggression. Meanwhile, a number of victims remain buried under the rubble, unable to be reached by ambulances and civil defense teams.

It is noteworthy that the death toll and injuries since March 18, 2025 has reached 1,482 martyrs and 3,688 injuries.

Katz threatens

In this context, Israeli Defense Minister Yisrael Katz threatened, "If Hamas continues to refuse to release the detainees, we will soon escalate the fighting throughout the Gaza Strip."

He added, "We are working to advance a voluntary migration plan for Gaza citizens in accordance with Trump's vision."

He continued, "We will sever the Gaza Strip, control more territory, and include it in the security buffer zones." He added, "We will remain in the Philadelphi corridor and throughout the buffer zone under any circumstances, even if a prisoner exchange deal is reached."