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Central Gaza under intense bombardment on 239th day of aggression

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  • 1 Jun 2024 14:22
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The Israeli occupation forces continue bombarding the Gaza Strip, with heavy artillery strikes and airstrikes targeting Central Gaza.

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  • Palestinians walk through the destruction in the wake of an Israeli air and ground offensive in Jabalia, northern Gaza Strip, May 30, 2024 (AP)
    Palestinians walk through the destruction in the wake of an Israeli air and ground offensive in Jabalia, northern Gaza Strip, May 30, 2024. (AP)

The Israeli occupation continues its campaign of systematic destruction against the Gaza Strip, ongoing for the 239th day, as relentless attacks have targeted residential homes and gatherings of displaced individuals, resulting in numerous massacres against the Palestinian people.

The Israeli occupation forces on Friday night renewed their artillery bombardment on the center and east of Rafah in the southern part of Gaza. The area Zor'ob, west of Rafah, was heavily shelled, as well.

Artillery strikes and bombardment from tanks also intensified in Tel al-Sultan, west of Rafah. 

In central Gaza, Israeli drones conducted extensive low-altitude flights over all areas of the central province, opening fire on various locations. The drones flew densely over the al-Bureij and al-Nuseirat refugee camps, opening fire at the southern region of al-Zawaida.

The Israeli occupation forces also opened fire on al-Bureij and al-Maghazi camps, targeting agricultural land near the southern entrance of al-Bureij, close to makeshift shelters for displaced individuals.

The IOF went on to use what was likely white phosphorus for illumination in the northern part of the al-Nuseirat camp while simultaneously firing intensely at the area.

Throughout the night, central Gaza witnessed devastating Israeli assaults. Israeli warplanes targeted the Sabra neighborhood in southern Gaza City, while artillery strikes targeted the eastern part of the al-Zaytoun neighborhood, also in the south of the city.

In the Netzarim corridor, intermittent gunfire was reported from Israeli military positions. Amidst the chaos, several casualties were reported at the Baptist Hospital after an Israeli strike hit a house near the Zaharna building in Gaza City.

The northern Gaza Strip was not spared as the IOF intensely shelled Beit Hanoun.

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This continued aggression has exacerbated the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, leaving countless civilians in peril and overwhelming medical facilities with the influx of wounded and deceased. 

Resistance operations in Gaza

The Palestinian Resistance continues its operations on various fronts, responding to the ongoing Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip.

This coincides with the Israeli occupation forces withdrawing from Jabalia in the northern part of the Strip, following targeted attacks by the Resistance.

Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, announced that its fighters have sniped at two Israeli soldiers near Sheikh Zayed Square in the northern part of the Strip.

The Brigades' Military Media released footage documenting Resistance fighters targeting Israeli soldiers and military vehicles, shelling their positions with mortar bombs on the frontlines in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.

Meanwhile, Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) movement, confirmed that its fighters have killed and injured members of an Israeli special force near the Imam Ali Mosque on the al-Ajarmah Street in Jabalia camp, northern Gaza.

Al-Quds Brigades also announced that its Resistance fighters have engaged Israeli soldiers and vehicles with a barrage of heavy mortar shells in the western part of Rafah, where they had also shelled a gathering of soldiers and military vehicles near the Salah al-Din Gate in the southern part of the city.

Similarly, the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility for targeting a gathering of Israeli soldiers and vehicles with mortar shells in the same area.

The Brigades also announced that its fighters have shelled Israeli forces positioned in Jabalia camp with mortar bombs. It displayed footage documenting its shelling of Israeli forces stationed at the Nitzarim axis in southern Gaza with short-range rockets and mortar shells.

On its part, the al-Mujahideen Brigades, the military wing of the al-Mujahideen Movement, announced that its fighters shelled Israeli military vehicles in the al-Abed Jabr area, west of the Salah al-Din Gate in Rafah, with mortar bombs.

In addition, the National Resistance Brigades - Martyr Omar al-Qassem Forces, the military wing of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP), confirmed that its Resistance fighters engaged Israeli forces in the western part of the Zor'ob roundabout in Rafah with mortar bombs.

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