GAZA, (PIC)
The US-backed Israeli genocide in the Gaza Strip reached day 87 on Monday, the first day of the new year, as the death toll in the war-torn coastal enclave neared the 22,000 mark.
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 Monday morning, targeting homes, civilian gatherings and shelter centers, and massacring dozens of citizens.
According to local sources, 10 civilians were martyred after the Israeli army bombed homes in al-Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza, while six others were killed in an airstrike in Bir al-Na’ja area, west of Jabalia.
An unknown number of casualties were also reported following an Israeli artillery attack on al-Zawaida town in central Gaza, while three kids were injured in a similar attack in Deir al-Balah.
A fisherman was seriously injured when an Israeli gunboat attacked him off the shores of Gaza, west of al-Nuseirat refugee camp.
Meanwhile, medical and media sources said today that they found out that Dr. Mohamed Matar, an orthopedic specialist at the Indonesian Hospital, had been martyred several days ago along with three of his children, while his wife and two of his kids were injured when the Israeli army fired artillery projectiles and live bullets directly at his house in al-Saftawi neighborhood in northern Gaza.
The sources added that the Israeli army kidnaped Matar’s wounded kids, 5-year-old Fatima and 10-year-old Ahmed, and later handed them over to a Red Cross crew at the Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah.
Dozens of casualties were also reported following Israeli attacks on other areas of Gaza last night and today.
