Dozens martyred in Israeli airstrikes; Gaza journalists toll hits 143
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The Israeli occupation forces kill dozens of civilians all over Gaza in brutal, indiscriminate airstrikes.
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Palestinians look at the destruction after an Israeli strike on a residential building in Rafah, Gaza Strip, May 7, 2024. (AP)
Israeli occupation forces killed dozens of Palestinian civilians overnight Saturday as the IOF continued waging brutal, indiscriminate airstrikes all over the Gaza Strip.
One of the airstrikes killed Palestinian journalist Bahaa Akasheh, his wife, and his son after their house in the Jabaliya refugee camp of northern Gaza was bombarded. With Akasheh's death, the number of Gaza journalists killed in the Strip has risen to 143, according to the Gaza Government Media Office.
🚨🇵🇸BREAKING: JOURNALIST AND FAMILY KILLED IN GAZA STRIKE
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Journalist Bahaa Okasha, his wife, and son were killed in an airstrike on their home in the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza.
Source: Quds news network, @SuppressedNws pic.twitter.com/qkiqUVaefY
The area witnessed severe Israeli bombardment, with numerous residential homes being leveled in al-Qasasib Street, Beit Lahia, and Abraj Zayed.
In central Gaza City, several civilians were killed after Israeli occupation forces bombarded a Siyam family home in Gaza's Old City.
The town of al-Zawayda was also bombarded, killing and wounding at least 10 civilians after the al-Khatib family home was leveled.
The center and east of Rafah city in the southern Gaza Strip came under intense Israeli artillery shelling, while Israeli aircraft carried out a raid on the al-Janina neighborhood east of Rafah.
The heavy Israeli bombardment comes as the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) warned against the detrimental developments affecting field supplies and food stocks in the southern Gaza Strip, stressing the necessity to prevent child deaths in the territory. UNICEF said that the fuel shortage might also hinder humanitarian work in the area.
Adding the international calls warning against the prevention of aid deliveries, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) said the actions taking place in the Gaza Strip cross "all red lines."
The UN agency also pointed to the Israeli occupation forces' bombardment of Rafah, which resulted in the forced displacement of 110,000 people from the city. UNRWA called for an immediate ceasefire, in order to prevent yet another humanitarian catastrophe.
The organization also explained that military operations in Rafah have forced 10 out of 34 UNRWA medical points in the city to close and three operational health centers in the area reduced the working capacity.
