GAZA (Palestine Foundation Information Center) The Israeli occupation army carried out renewed deadly attacks on the Gaza Strip last night and at dawn Wednesday, killing at least 16 civilians and injuring many others.
According to local sources, four citizens from the family of Hattab were martyred in an Israeli strike on a house in al-Sabra neighborhood in the south of Gaza City.
Israeli warplanes also bombed a tent and launched multiple attacks on al-Tuffah neighborhood in Gaza City.
10 civilians were also martyred and others were injured following Israeli strikes on four tents in al-Mawasi and al-Muharrarat areas of Khan Yunis.
A pregnant woman and a child were among those killed in the Israeli attacks on the tents in Khan Yunis.
Another airstrike targeted a house belonging to the family of Abul-Rous in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza.
The Israeli artillery also bombed an apartment building in al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza and homes in Rafah.
Meanwhile, Israeli aircraft dropped leaflets ordering residents of Abasan al-Kabira and Khuza’a in eastern Khan Yunis, as well as Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza to evacuate the areas.
In this regard, medical sources said that at least 16 civilians were killed in overnight Israeli strikes on Gaza.
At least 429 Palestinians had been killed and 562 wounded as the Israeli army launched a massive surprise attack on Gaza at dawn Tuesday, shattering the fragile two-month-old ceasefire with the Palestinian resistance.
Yesterday’s attack took place across Gaza, including in Khan Yunis and Rafah in southern Gaza, Gaza City in the north, and central areas like Deir al-Balah.
Most of those killed in the Israeli attacks were children and women, Gaza’s health ministry said, adding that the death toll is likely to rise as many people are in critical condition or still under the rubble of buildings.
One Israeli captive was reportedly killed and others were injured in the Israeli airstrikes.
In a related context, the Islamic Jihad Movement announced on Tuesday the martyrdom of its military spokesman, Naji Abu Saif, known by the nom de guerre “Abu Hamza,” in an Israeli airstrike on Tuesday.
Abu Hamza was the spokesman for al-Quds Brigade (Saraya al-Quds), the armed wing of Islamic Jihad.
“With great pride and honor, the Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine announces to our great Palestinian people and to the Arab and Islamic nations the martyrdom of leader Naji Abu Saif, Abu Hamza.”
The Movement added that Abu Hamza was “assassinated by the criminal army in a treacherous attack that also targeted his family and the family of his brother.”
