Israeli airstrikes massacre Gazans in school, residential buildings

By Al Mayadeen English
Source: Al Mayadeen
6 Dec 2023 09:06
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The Israeli occupation bombs a school, which is used as a shelter, in the northern Gaza Strip and commits several other war crimes in a few hours.

Smoke billows from a residential area in the Gaza Strip after Israeli bombs targeted the area, in Palestine, on December 5, 2023. (AFP)

Israeli warplanes bombed the towns of Aabsan, Bani Suhaila, and al-Qarara in the district of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.

Up north, Israeli artillery units shelled neighborhoods in al-Shujaiya, al-Zeitoun, and al-Daraj in Gaza City. Local reports indicate that a large number of people were martyred in an airstrike that targeted residential buildings in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip.

Concurrently, the Resistance renewed fierce confrontations to the west of Gaza City, where Resistance fighters continued to push back against invading Israeli occupation soldiers in al-Sheikh Radwan and al-Nasr neighborhoods.

"المقاومة تتصدى بقوة لمحاولات التوغل الإسرائيلي في جنوب غزة وتقدم الآليات باتجاه خان يونس بطيئ جداً"

مراسل #الميادين أحمد غانم#فلسطين #غزة pic.twitter.com/8xxxhHTQvK
— قناة الميادين (@AlMayadeenNews) December 5, 2023

Al Mayadeen's correspondent reported that Israeli naval vessels fired tens of shells at the coastline of the central Gaza Strip, located between Gaza City and Khan Younis.

Our correspondent also reported on intense bombardment in several areas in Jabalia, Beit Lahia, Tal al-Zaatar, and Beit Hanoun all located in the northernmost areas of the Gaza Strip.

In Faluja, Jabalia, our correspondent said Israeli bombs targeted a school currently utilized as a shelter for forcibly displaced people, which led to the martyrdom of several people. Meanwhile, an Israeli strike targeted a residential bloc in the Jabalia refugee camp.

دمار كبير خلّفه قصف الاحتلال لأبراج الشيخ زايد شمال غزة

تقرير: محمود العوضية #الميادين #فلسطين #غزة pic.twitter.com/ulKU9PcKFA
— قناة الميادين (@AlMayadeenNews) December 6, 2023

On Tuesday, the government's Media Office announced that the number of martyrs has risen to 16,248 people while 43,616 people have been injured, since October 7. The office revealed that 7,112 children and 4,885 women were killed as a result of the Israeli aggression, while the number of people reported missing has reached 7,600.

IOF: Nine Israeli soldiers killed in Gaza in 24 hours

Israeli media reported that the number of Israeli soldiers killed, and whose names were allowed to be published since October 7, reached 410, including 82 since the start of the ground invasion of the Gaza Strip.

The occupation army allowed publishing the name of Sergeant First Class (res.) Yehonatan Malka of the 82nd Armored Battalion who was killed during battles in the Gaza Strip.

The army also allowed publishing the name of Lieutenant Colonel Yochai Gur Hershberg; a commander of the Missing Persons Locating Unit in the Fire Brigade Division 98, allegedly killed in a “military traffic accident.”

Yesterday evening, Tuesday, the Israeli army announced that seven soldiers were killed in the ongoing battles in the Gaza Strip, including five officers, which is the highest toll announced by the occupation army in one day since the start of the ground invasion.

As such, the number of Israeli soldiers killed in the Gaza Strip in the last 24 hours has risen to nine.

Allowing 300 people with dual nationality to leave Gaza

In another context, the General Administration of Crossings and Borders in the Gaza Strip announced today, Wednesday, that about 300 people, including Palestinians, foreigners, and holders of dual nationality, are on the list of those allowed to depart from the Gaza Strip through the Rafah crossing into Egypt.

Among the 296 people allowed to leave the Gaza Strip for Egypt today are employees of international organizations and citizens of Russia, France, Italy, Spain, Greece, Britain, Argentina, Portugal, the Netherlands, Turkey, and Lebanon.