Dozens of Palestinian innocent civilians killed in overnight Israeli airstrikes across Gaza Strip

GAZA, May 18 (YPA) – Dozens of Palestinian innocent civilians, including children and women, were killed and many others injured after midnight in a series of Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip.

According to medical and local sources, over 20 people were killed and more than 100 others wounded when Israeli warplanes targeted tents sheltering displaced families in the Al-Mawasi area, west of Khan Younis, southern Gaza.

Elsewhere in central Gaza, nine members of the Ayash family were killed and several others injured when their home the town of Al-Zawaida was bombed by Israeli warplanes.

In the town of Al-Fukhari, east of Khan Younis, two civilians were killed in an Israeli strike on the Al-Farra family home.

Ten more Palestinians, including women and children, were killed in northern Gaza when Israeli warplanes targeted the Maqat family residence on Al-Zarqa Street in Jabalia.

Last night was one of the bloodiest nights since the beginning of the ongoing Israeli genocide in Gaza, as Israeli occupation forces placed the entire territory—from north to south—under intense fire.

Rescue teams in the northern part of the Strip continue efforts to recover victims from beneath the rubble, working with their bare hands due to a lack of equipment, vehicles, or personal protective gear.

The bombing campaign also caused major damage to Al-Awda Hospital in the Tel Al-Zaatar area of Jabalia, following a wave of intense airstrikes in its immediate vicinity.

Meanwhile, heavy artillery shelling continues to pound the eastern and northern areas of Khan Younis, while repeated explosions have rocked Gaza City since the early morning hours.

@E.Y.M