GAZA, (PIC)
In the midst of catastrophic humanitarian suffering for more than two million Palestinians — half of them children, the Israeli occupation army continued, for the 373rd consecutive day, to pound and target different areas and massacre more civilians in the Gaza Strip, especially in the northern areas.
Reporters for the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) said on Sunday that the Israeli occupation army carried out attacks on several homes, civilian targets and shelter centers in different areas of Gaza during the past 24 hours, killing and injuring dozens of citizens.
According to media sources, at least six civilians were martyred and others were injured following an Israeli attack on Block 1 in al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza.
Rescuers from the civil defense service were able to evacuate bodies of three martyrs and seven survivors who were trapped in their homes in al-Etisalat area in northern Gaza.
Meanwhile, Israeli tanks are reportedly besieging displaced families sheltering inside Hafsa and al-Faluja Schools in northern Gaza, and opened fire repeatedly at the schools, injuring over 20 people.
The Israeli army also attacked a number of civilians near the junction of Asqula in Gaza City’s az-Zeitoun neighborhood, killing one of them.
The Israeli army bombed a house in al-Tuffah neighborhood in Gaza City, injuring six people, mostly children.
At dawn, eight citizens (parents and their six kids) were martyred following an Israeli airstrike on their home in an-Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza.
More casualties were reported in other areas of Gaza following Israeli aerial, artillery and shooting attacks last night and today.
In a related context, the Government Media Office (GMO) in Gaza said on Saturday that the Israeli army continued its tight siege on Jabalia and northern Gaza for the eighth consecutive day.
In a statement, GMO added that the Israeli army still prevents ambulance and civil defense crews from recovering bodies of over 75 people in northern Gaza, pointing out that those victims were among 285 other civilians who had been killed by Israeli forces during the past eight days.
“The occupation army is committing massacres against humanity and practicing deliberate killings by bombing shelter centers. It has committed several horrific massacres against civilians through intentionally bombing gatherings of children and women,” GMO said.
GMO called on the international community to intervene urgently to stop Israel’s war crimes in Jabalia and northern Gaza, affirming that the people there are facing a “crime of extermination.”
