Day 336 of aggression: Martyrs, injured in shelling on Gaza Strip
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On the 336th day of the ongoing war on the Gaza Strip, the occupation concentrated its bombing on the southern and central Gaza Strip and several areas of Gaza City.
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A Palestinian displaced woman by the Israeli air and ground offensive on the Gaza Strip flees from Hamad City, following an evacuation order by the Israeli army to leave parts of the southern area of Khan Younis, August 11, 2024. (AP)
In recent hours, Israeli bombing has concentrated on the southern and central Gaza Strip, as well as several areas of Gaza City, marking the 336th day of the relentless war waged by the occupation forces on the Strip.
In Rafah, located in the southern Gaza Strip, occupation forces demolished residential blocks northwest of the city. Additionally, the bodies of two martyrs were recovered in the northern region.
Israeli helicopters heavily targeted western Rafah and the occupation forces intensified their fire in the southwestern part of the city.
In eastern Khan Younis, also in the southern Gaza Strip, Israeli forces launched heavy fire on Palestinian homes in the town of al-Fakhari.
In the central Gaza Strip, Israeli bombardment of the northern Nuseirat camp resulted in at least two deaths and several injuries. The occupation forces have resumed bombing in the northwestern areas of the Nuseirat camp and the eastern regions of the al-Maghazi camp.
Israeli helicopters also fired upon the Sabra neighborhood, located south of Gaza City, and conducted a raid on the city.
In the al-Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City, where occupation forces demolished residential buildings, at least six martyrs were reported, and several others were injured due to an Israeli airstrike targeting a house.
The number of martyrs in the neighborhoods of al-Zaytoun and Tal al-Hawa reached at least eight last night. These casualties add to the toll of over 40,875 martyrs and 94,450 wounded recorded since October 7.
1.26 million doses of the oral vaccine had been delivered to Gaza
Earlier this week, a campaign to vaccinate children in Gaza against polio and curb the spread of the virus commenced, amid the continued Israeli war on the Palestinian people in the enclave.
Gaza's Health Ministry announced at a news conference on Saturday that children in the Strip had begun receiving vaccines, just one day before the large-scale rollout and a planned temporary pause in fighting agreed upon by "Israel" and the UN World Health Organization (WHO).
An unspecified number of children received their first dose of the vaccine at the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis. The vaccination, which consists of two oral doses, will be administered across the Strip.
Following its start in central Gaza, the campaign will extend to southern and northern Gaza to vaccinate over 640,000 children under the age of 10, according to health officials.
WHO Deputy Director-General Michael Ryan informed the UN Security Council this week that 1.26 million doses of the oral vaccine had been delivered to Gaza, with an additional 400,000 doses expected to arrive shortly.
