GAZA, (PIC)
As the US-backed Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip entered day 125 on Thursday, 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, mainly Khan Yunis and Rafah, killing and injuring dozens of citizens.
According to media sources, Israeli soldiers set fire to several homes in al-Hawuz area and Block G in Khan Yunis refugee camp.
Apartment buildings also caught fire in al-Saraya area in Gaza following heavy artillery shelling.
Israeli soldiers also stormed at a predawn hour al-Mawasi area in southern Gaza and raided the Mercato Chalet and kidnaped nine civilians from the family of al-Agha, including fathers and sons.
The PIC reporter said that a number of citizens were injured when Israeli forces opened fire at them as they were waiting for aid trucks in Gaza City.
Three citizens were also martyred when the Israeli army attacked a group of civilians in al-Badawiya village in northern Gaza.
A martyr was also transported to the European Gaza Hospital after an ambulance crew found his body in eastern Khan Yunis.
Two other martyrs were evacuated to the Nasser Hospital after they were shot dead by Israeli snipers in a nearby street.
Meanwhile, the Israeli army bombed a house belonging to the family of Hajj Ahmed in al-Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza, killing five civilians.
Several casualties were reported following overnight aerial attacks on two homes accommodating displaced families in Tel as-Sultan neighborhood in western Rafah. 14 civilians, mostly children, were killed in the attacks on these homes.
The Israeli army also attacked the house of journalist Nafed Abdul-Jawad in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza, killing him and his only son.
A nurse was seriously injured after an Israeli sniper opened fire at him as he was working in the surgical operations department at the Nasser Hospital, which is under constant Israeli attack.
Other casualties were reported in different areas of Gaza following Israeli aerial, artillery and shooting attacks last night and today.
Meanwhile, the health ministry in Gaza said on Thursday that the Israeli occupation army committed, over the past 24 hours, 15 massacres in the Gaza Strip, which resulted in the martyrdom of at least 130 civilians and the injury of 170 others.
