Palestinian civilians killed in Israeli bombing in various areas of Gaza

GAZA, July 16 (YPA) – A number of Palestinian citizens were killed and injured early Wednesday morning as a result of Israeli occupation forces’ shelling of several areas in the Gaza Strip.

Palestinian sources reported that four citizens, including three children, were killed when the occupation forces shelled a tent for displaced people near the Al-Rabi’ Hall in al-Nuseirat Camp 2 in central Gaza Strip. Another citizen was killed and others were injured when the Al-Safa Tower in the camp was shelled.

The sources added that two citizens were killed and others were injured when an Israeli airstrike targeted a home belonging to the Al-Hattab family in the Al-Sabra neighborhood, south of Gaza City.

In Khan Yunis, two citizens were killed and others were injured when the occupation forces shelled the tents of displaced people behind the Al-Attar station in the Al-Mawasi area, west of the city. A 6-year-old child was also killed and others were injured when the tents of displaced people near the Tiberias station in Al-Mawasi were shelled.

The same sources noted that violent explosions were heard in the Al-Zeitoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City, resulting from the Israeli occupation army’s demolition of residential homes in the neighborhood, with smoke rising from the area.

@E.Y.M