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US-backed Israeli genocide in Gaza enters day 159

Wednesday 13-March-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

As the US-backed Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip entered day 159 on Wednesday, massive aerial and artillery strikes continued to pound neighborhoods, homes, shelter centers and aid convoys, 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, killing and injuring hundreds of citizens.

According to media sources, five civilians were martyred when the Israeli army carried out an aerial attack on an aid distribution center belonging to UNRWA in central Rafah, south of Gaza.

An Israeli drone also bombed a civilian car traveling on a road in southern Khan Yunis, but there is still no information about the number of the victims who were killed in the attack.

In Gaza City, a number of people were also killed in an Israeli airstrike on a house belonging to the family of Azzam in az-Zeitoun neighborhood, while two others were killed and four children were injured in an Israeli attack on a house in as-Sahaba street.

The Israeli army also bombarded Tel al-Hawa neighborhood in Gaza City, killing five civilians, including children, and injuring others, while three citizens were killed in an artillery attack on az-Zeitoun neighborhood.

Casualties were reported in Mawasi area in Khan Yunis following an Israeli attack on tents housing displaced families.

Bodies of six citizens, who were martyred in a previous Israeli attack, were also evacuated from Hamad City today.

In central Gaza, an Israeli warplane bombed a house belonging to the family of Eid in al-Bureij refugee camp, killing eight civilians.

On Tuesday evening, 10 citizens were killed and others were wounded in an Israeli attack on Deir al-Balah in central Gaza.

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

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