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Israeli aircraft launch airstrikes on several areas across Gaza

By Al Mayadeen English
Source: Al Mayadeen
27 Dec 2023 04:25

Israeli military aircraft carry out extensive and fierce airstrikes on several areas east of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.

An Israeli Apache helicopter fires a missile in the direction of the Gaza Strip, on Monday, Dec. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Al Mayadeen's correspondent reported that Israeli aircraft launched a series of raids on the al-Bureij area and the al-Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip, carrying out intense airstrikes on Jabalia al-Balad and its surroundings in the northern Gaza Strip.

In addition, Israeli occupation warplanes carried out airstrikes on various areas in Rafah. Several martyrs were reported, and others were injured in the ongoing Israeli shelling of multiple areas in the Gaza Strip on the 82nd day of the aggression.

Israeli military aircraft also carried out extensive and fierce airstrikes on several areas east of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.

Earlier, the spokesperson for the Ministry of Health in Gaza, Ashraf al-Qudra, stated that the Israeli occupation committed 18 massacres targeting entire families, resulting in 241 martyrs and 382 injuries in the past 24 hours, the majority of whom were children and women.

The ongoing Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip since October 7 has so far resulted in the martyrdom of more than 20,600 Palestinians and the injury of more than 54,500, with more than 70% of them being women and children.

Israeli occupation desecrates Gaza martyrs bodies, steals vital organs

In a related context, the Government Media Office in Gaza revealed that the Israeli occupation forces handed over the mutilated bodies of 80 martyrs after stealing their organs, adding that the bodies were unidentified and the occupation refused to specify the names of these martyrs or the places from which they were stolen.

The occupation repeated the crime of stealing organs more than once during its real-time genocidal war, as per the statement.

It was highlighted that the Israeli occupation forces have been involved in a grave crime, specifically the kidnapping of the bodies of Palestinian martyrs and the theft of their vital organs.

The statement further pointed out that "Israel" had previously engaged in desecrating graves in Jabalia, underscoring that "Israel" continues to retain possession of numerous martyrs' bodies from the Gaza Strip.

The statement strongly emphasized that this heinous crime is just one in a series of atrocities committed by the Israeli occupation army, particularly following the green light given by the United States to kill civilians, including children and women.

The office, in its statement, called for the formation of a completely independent international investigation committee to probe the Israeli army's seizure of martyrs' bodies and the theft of their vital organs.

It also expressed deep shock at international organizations' "eerie silence", most notably the International Red Cross operating in the Gaza Strip. The statement also criticized these organizations for their feeble, secondary, and confused positions, emphasizing that they fall far short of the humanitarian and ethical standpoint required in the face of such heinous crimes committed by "Israel".