GAZA,(Palestine Foundation Information Center)The Israeli occupation forces continued their bloody holocaust in the Gaza Strip for the 48th consecutive day Thursday, launching more airstrikes and fire belts, bombarding homes and carrying out crimes of genocide, alongside ground incursions from multiple axes amidst fierce resistance.
The PIC correspondent reported that the Israeli warplanes carried out dozens of airstrikes on neighborhoods in the Gaza Strip, while there was confusion about the fate and timing of the humanitarian ceasefire, amid reports of a retreat by the war criminal Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu and his terrorist government regarding some provisions.
The Israeli army radio stated that after the postponement of the ceasefire, it appears that the so-called “security establishment” has been directed to intensify the attacks on Gaza, and that the air force is carrying out a large-scale bombing throughout the Strip.
The PIC correspondent reported that the Israeli aircraft intensified their airstrikes and artillery shelling on Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, with a focus on targeting the entire eastern towns. Massive explosions were heard for hours due to artillery shells, accompanied by about 20 airstrikes towards unidentified locations.
The Israeli warplanes targeted a house belonging to the Barhoum family in the Barahma neighborhood in Rafah, resulting in several injuries being taken to Kuwait Hospital.
The PIC correspondent reported that there were martyrs and injuries in an Israeli airstrike targeting a house belonging to the Al-Taweel family in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza Strip.
Several casualties and injuries arrived at Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza, as a result of the Israeli occupation’s shelling of several houses on Al-Houja Street, Al-Yafawiya, and a house near the Trans Intersection in Jabalia camp.
Fifteen civilians, the majority of them women and children, were martyred and others were injured in the targeting by the occupation of a building belonging to the Abu Massamah family in Bani Suhaila town, east of Khan Yunis. The search for missing persons in the area where several houses were destroyed is ongoing.
The Israeli occupation forces targeted a house belonging to the Kurd family in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza, resulting in the deaths of three people and injuries to others.
Israeli warplanes targeted the municipality building in Al-Qarara, northeast of Khan Yunis. They also targeted a residential apartment in the Nuseirat camp, central Gaza.
The Photojournalist Mohammed Ayyash, along with several members of his family, was killed as a result of the Israeli shelling of his house in Nuseirat, central Gaza, bringing the number of journalists killed since the beginning of the aggression to 65 martyrs.
Dozens were martyred and others injured in an Israeli airstrike targeting the Abu Iskander area in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, northern Gaza.
The Israeli occupation forces shelled the building of the charitable society behind Kuwait Hospital in Rafah.
Ground incursions
The Israeli occupation forces continued their ground incursions in several areas of the Gaza Strip, especially in the northern Gaza governorate and Gaza City, facing fierce and heroic resistance in all areas of the incursion. During these incursions, the Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, managed to destroy more than 250 military vehicles, either completely or partially.
While the sounds of heavy shelling and gunfire were heard east of Khan Yunis, there were conflicting reports about an Israeli infiltration attempt and the resistance’s response.
Intense clashes were reported between the resistance and the Israeli army in the eastern areas of Maghazi and Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, coinciding with the Israeli airstrikes on the central governorate.
Bloody toll
The Government Media Office in Gaza announced on Wednesday evening that the number of Palestinian martyrs in the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip has risen to 14,532, including more than 6,000 children and 4,000 women, since October 7th.
The GMO said in a statement on the Telegram platform: “The number of martyrs has reached more than 14,532, including more than 6,000 children and 4,000 women. This means that 69% of the martyrs belong to the categories of children and women. The total number of massacres committed by the Israeli occupation army has exceeded 1,384.”
The statement added, “The number of martyrs among medical personnel is 205, including doctors, nurses, and paramedics. Twenty-five civil defense personnel were martyred, and 64 journalists were martyred in an attempt to erase the truth and distort the Palestinian narrative.”
“The number of injuries exceeds 35,000, with more than 75% of them being children and women,” it concluded.