12 Palestinian civilians killed, other injured in Israeli shelling of several areas in Gaza

GAZA, July 31 (YPA) -At least 12 Palestinian civilians, most of them children and women, were killed on Thursday due to the continued Israeli shelling of various areas in the Gaza Strip.

Palestinian sources reported that five civilians were killed, including a family consisting of a father, mother, and their two children were killed when an Israeli drone bombed a tent in the center of Deir al-Balah city. They were transferred to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital.

Sources added that ambulance crews recovered three martyrs and four wounded after the Israeli occupation forces bombed an apartment belonging to the Al-Salfiti family in the Abu Al-Hussein building in Jabalia, north of Gaza City. They were transferred to Al-Shifa Hospital, west of the city.

The same sources pointed out that three civilians, including children were killed when an Israeli drone bombed tents for displaced people in the Al-Mawasi area, west of Khan Younis. They were transferred to Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip.

Meanwhile, Israeli occupation forces opened heavy fire at hundreds of citizens who had gathered at an aid distribution point in the central Gaza Strip, killing one citizen and wounding others.

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