24 civilians killed in Zionist airstrikes on Khan Yunis

GAZA, Dec. 21 (YPA) – At least 24 civilians were killed and others were injured on Wednesday night in Zionist airstrikes on homes and areas sheltering the displaced people near the European Hospital in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, raising the death toll of Wednesday to 55.

The occupation artillery also shelled the eastern areas of Khan Yunis, as well as several areas in the center of the Gaza Strip.

In the north of the Strip, the occupation air force dropped internationally banned phosphorus bombs on and around the market area of Jabalia.

Local sources also reported that the occupation forces besieging the town and the Jabalia refugee camp broke into the homes of citizens and forced them out at gunpoint, before setting fire to several houses.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said that the Al-Ghalia Ambulance Center remained besieged by the occupation forces, thus threatening the safety of 127 citizens, including medical personnel and 22 wounded.

E.M