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Gaza Civil Defense: Massive destruction caused by the continued targeting of Khan Yunis

Friday 26-July-2024

GAZA, (PIC)

The Civil Defense in the Gaza Strip said that the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) are still infiltrating the town of Bani Suhaila in the city of Khan Yunis, working to completely demolish residential blocks and targeting and severely damaging the infrastructure.

The spokesman for the Civil Defense, Mahmoud Basal, said in a report on the latest developments published on Thursday evening, that the towns of Khan Yunis have been subjected to intense targeting for 5 days. In the town of Al-Qarara, northeast of Khan Yunis, the IOF bombed a house belonging to the Al-Namroti family, leading to the martyrdom of two people.

He pointed out that in the Khuza’a area south of Khan Yunis, the IOF bombed a house belonging to the Al-Najjar family, leading to the martyrdom of 6 people, and in the Al-Sheikh Nasser neighborhood in Khan Yunis, the occupation bombed a house belonging to the Jarhoun family, leading to the martyrdom of two people and a number of injuries. The IOF bombing of the Al-Tahliya area east of Khan Yunis led to the martyrdom of 4 people.

The Civil Defense spokesman explained that an ambulance belonging to the Palestinian Red Crescent was targeted with intense gunfire while evacuating an injured person from Khan Yunis, noting that a large number of citizens are besieged in the Bani Suhaila area, with injured and sick people calling for their evacuation from the area.

Regarding the events in the city of Gaza, the Civil Defense spokesman said that the IOF bombed a house belonging to the Al-Namr family south of the Abu Al-Amin intersection in the Sheikh Radwan area of Gaza City, resulting in the martyrdom of 4 people and a number of injuries.

He added that the IOF also bombed a house belonging to the Abu Jiyab family in the Shati area next to the Unity Tower in western Gaza City, which resulted in a number of injuries. He pointed out that the Israeli occupation forces shot and killed a citizen while he was moving towards the south through Salah El-Din Street near the Nitsarim checkpoint.

In the city of Rafah, the Civil Defense spokesman confirmed that the IOF bombed the Musabeh/Mirage Western intersection north of Rafah city, resulting in the martyrdom of a person, and in the Al-Shakoush area northwest of Rafah city, a martyr was killed as a result of direct gunfire.

Basal confirmed that for the fourteenth consecutive day, the seawater desalination stations in the Gaza and North governorates are still out of service due to the lack of fuel.

He pointed out that the occupation forces have been preventing the entry of cooking gas since the beginning of the war until this moment.

He also explained that for the 78th consecutive day, the IOF is preventing the entry of vegetables, fruits, frozen goods and basic materials for the Gaza and North governorates.

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