Gaza Ministry reports 139 martyrs amid ongoing Israeli strikes
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Israeli air and artillery strikes have devastated central and southern Gaza, striking aid sites, markets, and displacement camps as casualties mount.
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Relatives mourn over the body of 13-year-old Seraje Ebrahim, who was killed in an Israeli strike that targeted a drinking water distribution point, at Al-Awda Hospital in Nuseirat, central Gaza Strip, Sunday, July 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza announced on Sunday that hospitals received the bodies of 139 martyrs, including five retrieved from under the rubble, and 425 injuries over 24 hours. Many victims remain trapped beneath debris and along roads, unreachable due to continued bombardment.
Since October 7, 2023, as of June 16, 2025, the death toll of the Israeli genocide in Gaza has surged to 58,026 Palestinians killed and 138,520 injured. Since March 18, 2025, the total toll has risen to 7,450 martyred and 26,479 wounded.
Moreover, as the Israeli-made famine looms over Gaza, 28 starved Palestinians were killed since early morning, and over 180 were injured while trying to receive aid at designated 'aid distribution sites' and were later transported to hospitals, as per the Ministry's report.
The death toll among Palestinians killed while seeking food aid in designated distribution zones has now climbed to 833, with more than 5,432 others wounded, according to the report.
The Israeli genocide is ongoing
At least 62 Palestinians were killed on Sunday as Israeli forces intensified their aerial and artillery assault across the Gaza Strip, striking residential neighborhoods, medical staff, and camps sheltering displaced civilians.
According to Gaza’s Civil Defense, 28 of the fatalities occurred in Gaza City alone, amid relentless bombardment that continues to devastate densely populated areas. The casualties include women, children, doctors, and humanitarian workers.
Meanwhile, in Khan Younis, Civil Defense Lieutenant Ahmed Ismail al-Bureim was killed in an attack on forcibly displaced civilians in the Abasan area. His martyrdom raises the total number of Civil Defense personnel killed since the beginning of the genocide to 131.
Strikes also targeted civilians near aid distribution centers and in displacement zones. Al Mayadeen's correspondent reported that three Palestinians were killed near a humanitarian aid point north of Rafah, while drone strikes on tents sheltering families in al-Mawasi, west of Khan Younis, claimed three more lives, including that of a child in al-Sumoud camp.
Al-Samer junction massacre
In a harrowing massacre, a direct Israeli strike on the crowded al-Samer junction in central Gaza City killed 17 Palestinians, among them a child and a physician, leaving over 50 others wounded.
Concurrently, Israeli warplanes bombed a local market, killing Dr. Ahmed Qandil, a renowned general surgery consultant.
Further bombardment struck the Tel al-Hawa neighborhood, where four Palestinians were killed near the Jordanian Hospital. Additional airstrikes hit homes in al-Sham’a and areas surrounding the al-Sham’a Mosque, as per our correspondent. Additionally, artillery shelling on al-Nadeem Street in al-Zaytoun killed at least one Palestinian and wounded others.
In the central Gaza Strip, reports indicate that air raids on al-Nuseirat refugee camp alone left at least 50 people dead.
Medical teams continue to operate under catastrophic conditions, facing shortages of equipment, targeted attacks, and ongoing threats to their lives. That said, human rights organizations have condemned the strikes on civilian areas, health workers, and critical infrastructure, urging immediate international action to stop the Israeli genocide.
