Last night one of the most violent in Gaza

By Al Mayadeen English
Source: Al Mayadeen
4 Dec 2023 11:56

Al Mayadeen's correspondent in Gaza reports that a woman was killed in Khan Yunis after occupation forces targeted residential units.

A Palestinian woman inspects a damaged house following Israeli airstrikes on the town of Khan Younis, Gaza, Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023 (AP)

The jarring Israeli aggression against the besieged Gaza Strip has continued for the 55th day in a row: targeting neighborhoods, residential areas, and hospitals, leaving scores of Palestinians martyred, injured, and missing.

Al Mayadeen's correspondent in Gaza described the attack last night as being one of the most violent since the start of the aggression.

"Last night was one of the most violent nights the sector has witnessed, from its northern to southern parts, as shells and intense airstrikes hit various areas."

Our correspondent reported that many martyrs were recorded after the occupation forces targeted a house near the Shaboura cemetery in central Rafah, south of the sector, while the search for the missing continues.

He also added that the Israeli Air Force bombed a house west of the Jenin neighborhood in the city.

Intensive bombing in al-Tuffah

In Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip, a house was targeted killing a woman and injuring several others, Al Mayadeen correspondent to Gaza reported.

It was also reported that Israeli warplanes intensively bombed the Al-Qarara area north of Khan Yunis

In central Gaza, the Israeli occupation targeted a residential area in the Bureij camp, in addition to targeting a house in the Nuseirat camp, killing and injuring several people.

Additionally, in the eastern areas of Deir al-Balah city, central Gaza, dozens of consecutive explosions were heard.

The Tuffah neighborhood, east of Gaza City, was reported to be intensively targeted by artillery and aerial bombardments.

In Jabalia camp, north of the Gaza Strip, Israeli warplanes bombed civilian homes. Shortly after it was announced that several missing persons were discovered under the rubble in the wreckage of the bombed Abu Obeid family house in "Block 5" of the camp.

The Israeli aggression also extended to hospitals in Gaza, as the occupation forces raided the vicinity of Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Hospital in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza leaving significant damage to the the tents of the displaced Palestinians in the courtyard of the hospital.

On Sunday, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Health in Gaza, Ashraf al-Qudra, announced that the death toll from the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip since October 7th has risen to 15,523 martyrs, with 41,316 citizens sustaining various injuries. He also pointed out that 70% of the martyred civilians are women and children.