For the 15th consecutive day Israel’s massive carnage continues to claim more lives in the Gaza Strip as its army persists in bombing more homes and neighborhoods and massacring civilians including children and women.
Since last night and the dawn of Saturday dozens of citizens were martyred and many others were injured in renewed waves of aerial attacks on different areas of Gaza.
On Friday evening the health ministry in Gaza said that the death toll climbed to over 4137 martyrs and the number of the injured to over 13162 civilians.
Spokesman for the ministry Ashraf al-Qudra told a news conference yesterday that the Israeli occupation army committed massacres against 521 Gazan families adding that 3109 members of those families were martyred and hundreds of them are either injured or buried under the rubble of homes and buildings.
In the latest field developments Israeli warplanes carried out multiple attacks on homes in Rafah south of Gaza killing at least 30 civilians and wounding many others.
39 others were also killed and dozens were injured in aerial attacks on homes in northern Gaza.
According to local sources airstrikes targeted al-Souk area in Beit Lahia and homes in al-Nuseirat refugee camp Deir al-Balah al-Saftawi area and Tuffah neighborhood. No casualties have been reported yet following these attacks.
A warplane also bombed the family of Mutawaq’s house in Jabalia killing 25 civilians mostly women and children.
An airstrike also reduced to rubble the Saada apartment building in the west of Gaza City with reports talking about families being trapped in the building’s basement.
Casualties were reported when warplanes bombed two homes near Othman Ibn Affan School and al-Saftawi area in northern Gaza.
Two other homes belonging to the families of al-Farra and Shahin were bombed by warplanes in al-Katiba area in Khan Yunis. A number of casualties were reported.
On Friday night Israeli airstrikes flattened 25 apartment towers in al-Zahara City in the northwest of central Gaza.
The death toll in Gaza is likely to increase as the Israeli army continues to launch deadly and devastating attacks on different areas.
