Gaza Ministry reports 26 martyrs in the past 24 hours
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The Israeli occupation forces launched concentrated airstrikes on Gaza, targeting bulldozers, equipment, and heavy machinery remaining in various areas of the Strip.
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Anas El Din Hijazi holds the body of his young brother, Zain, 4, who was killed in an Israeli army airstrike on a tent in Gaza City, on April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
Hospitals across the Gaza Strip have reported 26 martyrs and 60 injuries in the past 24 hours, as Israeli bombardment continues to escalate.
According to local health authorities, numerous victims remain trapped under the rubble and scattered across roads, with emergency and civil defense teams unable to reach them due to ongoing shelling and destruction.
The overall toll of Israel’s military offensive on Gaza, which began on October 7, 2023, has now climbed to 51,266 martyrs and 116,991 injured.
Since March 18, 2025, alone, 1,890 people have been killed and 4,950 injured, highlighting the intensification of the assault in recent weeks.
Civil Defense spokesperson Mahmoud Basal told Agence France-Presse (AFP) that "Israel" launched several violent airstrikes at dawn on Tuesday on Gaza City, Beit Lahia, Beit Hanoun, and Khan Younis, resulting in the deaths of seven civilians.
Basal detailed that four civilians were killed in an Israeli strike on the Bakr family home in the al-Rimal neighborhood, west of Gaza City.
Additionally, two civilians died when warplanes targeted a house in the al-Sabra area, also west of Gaza. One more civilian was killed in Khan Younis following a separate airstrike.
IOF destroy multiple homes across Gaza
According to Basal, the Israeli occupation forces demolished more than 10 homes in eastern Gaza City and in Rafah. The Gaza bombing campaign has intensified, with widespread destruction reported.
In America children cry for toys, for Ipads, for social media and other trivial things.
— Noctis Draven (@DravenNoctis) April 21, 2025
In Gaza, children starve and cry for food because Israel with the help of the US starve them.
How was your Easter? pic.twitter.com/8fRG1Xx6Gy
Al Mayadeen’s correspondent in the Gaza Strip also reported that Israeli airstrikes targeted central Khan Younis in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, including heavy strikes on the Abasan al-Kabira area to the east of the city.
اشتعال النيران جراء غارة من طيران الاحتلال في منطقة الكتيبة وسط مدينة خانيونس pic.twitter.com/2ZFTV1UrOc
— المركز الفلسطيني للإعلام (@PalinfoAr) April 22, 2025
Casualties were also confirmed following an airstrike on a tent sheltering displaced people in the Al-Katiba neighborhood of Khan Younis.
طيران الاحتلال يقصف كراج تابع لبلدية جباليا، والذي يضم جرافات وآليات تابعة للبلدية، شمال غزة. pic.twitter.com/SEa0e7KvrT
— المركز الفلسطيني للإعلام (@PalinfoAr) April 21, 2025
Further airstrikes hit the al-Tuffah neighborhood in eastern Gaza City, a residential building on Al-Thalathini Street, and the vicinity of Abu Hasira Street in western Gaza City.
After the Israeli war on #Gaza resumed, the Israeli occupation has shown it intends to reoccupy the Strip.
— Al Mayadeen English (@MayadeenEnglish) April 21, 2025
An occupation of Gaza means #Palestinians will live under the mercy of Israeli soldiers, something history has shown the soldiers have very little of.#GazaGenocide pic.twitter.com/UDrOy8oxb2
Overnight, Israeli warplanes launched heavy strikes east of Gaza City, injuring two Palestinians.
The Israeli military also targeted construction equipment and heavy machinery across different areas of the Gaza Strip in concentrated raids.
The Ministry of Health in Gaza announced on Monday that the number of casualties since October 2023 has reached 51,240 deaths and 116,931 injuries.
