15 Palestinians martyred in new massacre targeting displaced family

By Al Mayadeen English
Source: Al Mayadeen English
19 Jan 2024 13:12

The Israeli occupation bombs a family home in a residential building near the Al-Shifa Medical Complex in Gaza City.

An aerial view of a destroyed residential neighborhood due to intense Israeli airstrikes in the Jabalia camp for Palestinian refugees in Gaza City, November 2023. (AP)

The Israeli occupation continues to commit massacres against civilians in Gaza as the brutal war on the Strip approaches its 4-month mark, with communication and internet services still cut off for the eighth consecutive day.

The most recent data revealed by the Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza that over 2,000 massacres have been committed since October 7, while the civilian death toll has risen due to the Israeli war has risen to 24,762 and the number of injured rose to 62,108.

In the latest recorded massacre, approximately 15 people were martyred in an Israeli airstrike that targeted a displaced family in a residential building near the Al-Shifa Medical Complex in Gaza City.

Additionally, the death toll of the al-Kazimi family due to an Israeli strike targeting the family's home in Khan Younis has risen to eight martyrs.

Meanwhile, the violent aggression continued against several parts of the Strip, with a focus on densely populated refugee camps, hospitals, and medical facilities.

Al Mayadeen's correspondent in Gaza reported that intense Israeli shelling targeted the vicinities of the Nasser Medical Complex and the Al-Amal Hospital in Khan Younis.

Still using banned white phosphorus

Local sources confirmed on Thursday that the Israeli occupation forces launched white phosphorus bombs on the Qizan Al-Najjar area south of Khan Younis. The sources added that the occupation forces also shelled the vicinity of the Martyr Abu Yousef al-Najjar Hospital east of Rafah in southern Gaza.

In the latest report, the Health Ministry in Gaza revealed that 1.3 million people are now residing in Rafah in southern Gaza, four times pre-war numbers.

Our correspondent also confirmed that the Israeli occupation forces continued to intensify their bombing, both by air and sea, as displaced families began to return to their homes, in attempt to prevent them from returning home.

Occupation forces also besieged several schools housing thousands of displaced people in the western Tal al-Hawa neighborhood of Gaza City, while continuing to demolish residential buildings in the town of Bani Suheila, east of Khan Younis.