3 Palestinians, including a child, martyred in an occupation drone strike in the central Gaza Strip

Field sources reported the martyrdom of three Palestinian citizens, including a child, and the injury of several others with varying degrees of wounds, as a result of a missile strike carried out by an Israeli occupation army drone on Monday. The shelling targeted a group of residents near the Wadi al-Salqa bridge, located on al-Baraka Street in the city of Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, leading to casualties among the civilians present in the area.

According to the information received, the martyrs who fell in this targeting are Ali Fayez Esbeitan, Hassan Salman al-Hanajra, in addition to the child Malik Wael Abu Shawish, who was no more than eight years old. The bodies of the martyrs and the injured were transferred to a nearby hospital to receive treatment and deal with the critical cases left by the explosion.

Medical teams explained that the shrapnel from the missile launched by the drone caused direct injuries among passersby and residents who happened to be at the site at the moment of the raid. This continuous field escalation comes within the framework of the military operations launched by the occupation on various areas of the Gaza Strip, targeting civilian gatherings and vital streets.

Medical sources confirmed that the bodies of the martyrs and the wounded were immediately transferred to the hospital, due to the shrapnel resulting from the missile launched by the drone.