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US-backed Israeli genocide in Gaza enters day 117

Wednesday 31-January-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

As the US-backed Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip entered day 117 on Wednesday, massive aerial and artillery strikes continued to pound neighborhoods, homes and shelter centers and massacre more civilians, mostly children and women.

A reporter for the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) said that the Israeli occupation army continued to attack different areas of Gaza last night and on Wednesday morning, killing and injuring dozens of citizens.

According to the health ministry in Gaza, three martyrs were transported to Kamal Adwan from Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza, which had been exposed to intensive Israeli artillery bombardment.

Casualties were also reported when the Israeli army bombed a car and a cart in Miraj area, north of Rafah, south of Gaza.

Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City received a number of wounded civilians following an Israeli attack on al-Yarmouk Stadium.

Two other civilians suffered injuries, one seriously, when the Israeli army bombed Jouret al-Akkad area in Khan Yunis.

A child was reportedly killed by the Israeli army in Block G area of Khan Yunis refugee camp.

Another attack on Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza claimed the lives of some civilians and injured others. There was no information about the number of casualties.

Three martyrs were evacuated to Al-Awda Hospital in al-Nuseirat refugee camp when the Israeli army shelled a donkey-drawn cart in al-Mughraqa area in central Gaza.

A security guard at Al-Amal hospital in Khan Yunis was shot dead by the Israeli army during his presence at the facility’s back door.

Other casualties were reported in different areas of Gaza following Israeli aerial, artillery and shooting attacks last night and today.

The Israeli army also bombed and detonated several blocks and private and public buildings during its incursions throughout the Gaza Strip.

In a related incident, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PCRS) said on Tuesday that it lost contact with a team of its paramedics who went to rescue a 6-year-old girl who was trapped inside a vehicle in Gaza.

On Monday, PCRS reported that Israeli occupation forces had surrounded a 6-year-old girl named Hind inside a vehicle in the Fares Gas Station area in Gaza City after targeting and killing her family.

In a post on its X page, PCRS said that the fate of Hind and the paramedics is still unknown.

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