'Israel' commits massacre in Khan Younis, dozens martyred across Gaza
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At least 18 Palestinians have been killed following Israeli assaults that specifically targeted a residence in Khan Younis overnight.
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A picture taken from a position in southern “Israel” shows smoke billowing over Gaza during Israeli bombardments on January 5, 2024. (AFP)
The Ministry of Health in Gaza announces that the number of Palestinians martyred by the Israeli aggression has risen to 22,722, in addition to 58,166 injuries, since October 7.
This comes as the Israeli aggression on Gaza persists for the 92nd day in a row, concentrating attacks on the central and southern regions of the region.
As per the Ministry, the Israeli occupation committed 12 massacres against families in the Strip, killing 122 martyrs and injuring 256 within the past 24 hours only.
In total, the Israeli occupation committed 1,903 massacres, resulting in 29,722 Palestinians martyrs and missing persons.
Meanwhile, Al Mayadeen's correspondent reported that the Israeli occupation conducted unprecedented airstrikes and heavy artillery shelling on central areas of Gaza, most notably Deir al-Balah, al-Maghazi, al-Bureij, al-Nuseirat, and Salah al-Din Street in recent hours.
The artillery shelling coincided with intense confrontations between Palestinian Resistance factions and Israeli occupation forces in several areas in the central part of the Gaza Strip, as per our correspondent.
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In Khan Younis, the IOF committed a new massacre in al-Manara neighborhood, targeting a residence housing forcibly displaced families from the northern areas, resulting in the killing of at least 18 people, mostly women and children.
"He went to bring flour.”
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A bereaved Palestinian mother cries her heart out over the tragic loss of her son who was murdered in an Israeli airstrike on Khan Younis city, south of Gaza. pic.twitter.com/XfB7z8TyEK
Artillery shelling resumed this morning in areas in the central and western parts of Khan Younis, accompanied by fierce confrontations between the Resistance and Israeli occupation forces.
No safe place in Gaza
Southern Gaza also witnessed intense Israeli airstrikes in the vicinity of the European Hospital, while Israeli warplanes carried out heavy raids on the city of Rafah.
Concurrently, intense airstrikes targeted the Shaboura district in central Rafah, an area supposedly considered a "safe area" for Palestinians. Additional residences were demolished, leading to further forced displacement and trapping more children under the rubble.
Simultaneously, several martyrs and wounded arrived at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital due to the bombing of the Khattab family's house in the middle of the Gaza Strip.
In addition, our correspondent reported that the IOF bombed a home belonging to the Qoush family in al-Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip.
Meanwhile, the spokesperson for Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital stated that the hospital received about 35 martyrs and more than 60 injuries, most of them women and children, since Friday morning.
The death toll in Gaza is still on the rise. The number of Palestinians killed in the Israeli aggression has risen to 22,600, in addition to 57,910 injuries, since October 7, according to the Ministry of Health in Gaza.
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