GAZA, April 21 (YPA) – At least eight Palestinian citizens were killed and dozens injured on Monday as a result of Israeli shelling of various areas in the Gaza Strip, local sources reported, citing medical sources.
According to the sources, a citizen and his wife were killed in the shelling of a tent in the Al-Mawasi area, west of Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip.
Five citizens were also killed and others were injured in an Israeli airstrike on the Baraka family home in the Al-Zana area of Bani Suhaila, east of Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip.
Gazan resident Nael Hilmi Al-Nakhala succumbed to his injuries a few days earlier when the Israeli army targeted a vegetable stall in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip.
The Israeli occupation army blew up a number of houses east of Al-Tuffah, east of Gaza City. Israeli artillery shelled heavily east of Al-Zeitoun, southeast of Gaza City.
Israeli tanks and quadcopter drones opened heavy fire east of Al-Shuja’iyya and Al-Tuffah neighborhoods, east of Gaza City.
Since October 7, 2023, the Israeli occupation forces have launched an offensive on the Gaza Strip, resulting in the killing of 51,201 civilians, the majority of whom were children and women, and the injury of 116,869 others.
This is a preliminary toll, with a number of victims still buried under the rubble and on the streets, unable to be reached by ambulances and rescue teams.
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