Day 257: 'Israel' kills, injures Palestinians in Rafah, Nuseirat
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Israeli occupation forces continue intensely targeting the entirety of the Gaza Strip, killing Palestinians and injuring others for the 257th day.
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A Palestinian woman mourns over the body of her nephew, Hamza Al-Raei, 11, killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip in a hospital in Deir al-Balah on Tuesday, June 18, 2024. (AP)
On the 257th day of the war, the Israeli occupation continued and intensified its aggression against the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza overnight, while simultaneously attacking other cities, particularly Rafah in southern Gaza.
Israeli bombardment in the Nuseirat camp was focused in its northern area, where Israeli quadcopters renewed fire until the morning. Meanwhile, Israeli warboats and military vehicles targeted the camp's beach.
The occupation's artillery also shelled the northern area of the camp.
Israeli quadcopters targeted the town of al-Zahraa, in the northern area of central Gaza.
In the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, the Israeli occupation forces bombed a house belonging to the Abu Safiyeh family. Civil defense crews retrieved the bodies of at least six Palestinian martyrs, while a number of others were injured.
🚨BREAKING: Israel’s strike on Sheikh Radwan, North Gaza results in human remains scattered everywhere.
— Suppressed News. (@SuppressedNws) June 18, 2024
In the first video you’ll see a little child’s jaw.
In the second video you’ll find a bag full of body parts collected from the site of the strike.
Read that again. pic.twitter.com/m5yxj6AyfQ
Rafah
In Rafah, the IOF attacked displaced Palestinians' tents in al-Mawasi, while simultaneously intensely shelling and launching airstrikes on the Saudi and Tell al-Sultan neighborhoods, west of the city.
The occupation's artillery also shelled the al-Shaboura camp in westernmost Rafah, while Israeli vehicles attacked the city as well.
Attacks also spread to the eastern part of the town of al-Qarara, in northernmost Khan Younis.
The Ministry of Health in Gaza released the latest toll of Palestinians killed and injured in Israeli strikes and attacks on the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023.
So far, 37,372 people have been killed in Israeli strikes, while another 85,452 have been injured as a result of the Israeli aggression, the ministry stated on Tuesday.
