Day 312: 39,929 martyrs, 92,240 injured
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In the past 24 hours, the Israeli occupation committed two massacres against families in Gaza, resulting in 32 martyrs and 88 injuries.
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Palestinians mourn a relative killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, at a hospital in Deir al-Balah, on August 4, 2024. (AP)
The Ministry of Health in Gaza announced the death toll for the 312th day of the Israeli occupation's genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, noting that 39,929 Palestinians have been martyred and that the number of injured has reached 92,240 people.
In the past 24 hours, the Israeli occupation committed two massacres against families in Gaza, resulting in 32 martyrs and 88 injuries the ministry said, adding that some of the victims remain under the rubble and on the streets, with the occupation preventing the search and rescue missions of ambulance and civil defense teams.
On the 312th consecutive day, Israeli occupation forces persist in committing acts of genocide in the Gaza Strip, launching dozens of airstrikes and artillery barrages on civilians. This assault unfolds against the backdrop of an increasingly catastrophic humanitarian crisis, further deepening the suffering of the beleaguered population.
Concentrated Israeli shelling in the central Gaza Strip
Al Mayadeen's correspondent in the Gaza Strip reported that the Israeli aggression in the past hours has been concentrated in the southern part of Gaza City and the center of the Strip, resulting in the deaths of dozens of martyrs and numerous injuries.
Our correspondent added, "The occupation blew up residential buildings in the al-Maghraqa area, north of the al-Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip," saying that "four were martyred and several others were injured in an Israeli bombardment that targeted a coffee shop east of Deir al-Balah Park in the central Gaza Strip."
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In turn, the spokesperson for the Civil Defense in Gaza said that a Palestinian was martyred and several others were injured as a result of Israeli shelling that targeted a group of civilians in Wadi al-Salqa, east of the city of Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip.
Our correspondent in the Gaza Strip stated that four martyrs, including two children, were killed in an Israeli bombardment that targeted a residential apartment in the Qastal Towers, east of Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip.
Another was also killed and several others were injured in an Israeli bombardment that targeted Salah al-Din Street in the city of Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip. Additionally, seven others were killed and seven others were injured as a result of the occupation bombing a house in the vicinity of the Martyrs’ Roundabout in Block 5 in the al-Bureij camp in the central Gaza Strip.
Confrontations in Northern and Southern Gaza
In the northern Gaza Strip, Al Mayadeen's correspondent reported that Israeli artillery shelling targeted the al-Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City, as occupation forces simultaneously opened fire from military vehicles toward the area.
An Israeli helicopter opened fire toward the southern areas of Gaza City. Meanwhile, in the southern Gaza Strip, Israeli occupation artillery shelled the town of Abasan al-Kabira, east of Khan Younis, and also blew up residential buildings west of Rafah city.
