GAZA, (PIC)
Six Palestinian citizens were martyred in Israeli attacks in Rafah and Gaza City on Tuesday.
Spokesman for the civil defense service Mahmoud Basal said that an Israeli airstrike targeted a group of citizens in the Netzarim corridor in the south of Gaza City, killing five citizens, including two brothers.
Earlier, paramedics said that four citizens were martyred and others were injured in an Israeli drone attack in the east of Gaza City before one of them succumbed to his injuries.
In the morning, a citizen was also killed when an Israeli drone opened fire at him in al-Shuka town, east of Rafah in southern Gaza.
The Israeli occupation forces also carried out gunfire and artillery attacks in different areas of Khan Yunis.
Yesterday, four citizens, including three brothers, were killed in an Israeli strike in the eastern area of Abasan town in Khan Yunis.
During the past 24 hours, hospitals in the Gaza Strip received the bodies of 32 martyrs, who were reported missing during the war, as well as four citizens who were killed in fresh Israeli attacks.
According to Gaza’s health ministry on Monday, 14 citizens were also injured during Israeli attacks or by unexploded ordnance during the past hours.
The new fatalities increased the death toll from the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza, which started on October 7, 2023, to 48,503 martyrs, the health ministry stated.
The ministry added that the number of the wounded also surged to 111,927 people.
Meanwhile, efforts are underway to recover the bodies of more martyrs who are still missing in different areas of the Gaza Strip.
