GAZA, (PIC)
As the US-backed Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip entered day 216 on Thursday, aerial and artillery strikes continued to pound and target different areas and massacre more civilians, especially in Rafah.
Reporters for the Palestinian Information Center (PIC) said that the Israeli occupation army continued to bomb homes in different areas of Gaza, especially in Rafah where dozens of causalities were reported during the past 24 hours.
The Israeli forces continued their aggression on Rafah for the third day, amid intensive air strikes and artillery shelling, and the total closure of the Rafah and Kerem Abu Salem crossings.
A woman was killed, and her son was seriously injured, in an Israeli air strike in the vicinity of Al-Dirawi Mosque in Deir Al-Balah.
Another Palestinian was killed during the intensive bombing of the southern areas of the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, east of Gaza City.
Fires broke out in a number of homes due to the Israeli heavy artillery shelling surrounding Ali Mosque on Street 8, south of the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City.
Early today, the occupation forces stormed the southern areas of the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza, amid intense gunfire.
The military incursion came hours after Israeli warplanes bombed at least four homes belonging to the families of Abu Hawar, Yassin, Daoud, and Nasser.
The Israeli warplanes also bombed the Abu Shaaban family house near Saraya Junction in the center of Gaza City.
Similar air raids were reported in the Al-Sabra neighborhood in southern Gaza, targeting the vicinity of Al-Istiqaba Mosque.
The Israeli warplanes also launched new air strikes east of the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City, coinciding with intensive artillery shelling, bombing two residential houses.
25 injured Palestinians arrived at the Kuwaiti Hospital in Rafah City as a result of the Israeli artillery shells at a number of local homes.
Intensive artillery shelling was also reported on the eastern neighborhoods of Rafah and the vicinity of the Rafah land crossing on Thursday morning.
Meanwhile, four Palestinians were killed, and 16 others were injured in an Israeli airstrike on the Eid family home in Tal Al-Sultan, west of Rafah.
