Dozens killed and injured as Israeli strikes hit displaced civilians in Gaza
Shafaq News – Gaza
At least 52 Palestinians were killed and 262 injured in Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, Gaza’s Health Ministry reported on Tuesday.
In southern Gaza, a drone strike reportedly hit a displacement tent near Al-Ribat College west of Khan Younis, killing four members of one family. Two more died in a similar strike near Nasser Medical Complex. In Rafah, one person was killed and several injured near the Riviera Chalet area, while dozens were wounded by Israeli fire near an aid distribution center north of the city.
Israeli warplanes also struck a home west of Khan Younis, helicopters fired on its northern outskirts, and artillery shelled nearby residential towers. Another Palestinian was killed near Asdaa Prison northwest of the city.
In central Gaza, two people died and several were injured when a strike hit Abu Helou School, which was sheltering displaced families in al-Bureij refugee camp. A separate drone strike wounded several civilians near a pharmacy in Deir al-Balah’s al-Hakar neighborhood.
Medical teams at Al-Hilal and Kuwait field hospitals, cited by Palestinian media, confirmed nine deaths and more than 50 injuries from strikes on tents housing displaced families in Khan Younis’s al-Mawasi zone.
Emergency crews were deployed to al-Nassr Street following another airstrike, Gaza’s Civil Defense reported.
Since October 7, 2023, Gaza’s Health Ministry has documented 57,575 Palestinians killed and 136,879 wounded.
Meanwhile, al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of Islamic Jihad, claimed it destroyed two Israeli armored vehicles and seized a drone in the Shujaiyya neighborhood of eastern Gaza City.
In a separate statement, al-Qassam Brigades spokesperson Abu Ubaida described a recent ambush in Beit Hanoun as a blow to Israeli forces, warning that any continued military presence in Gaza could result in further losses. “If they narrowly escaped this time, they may not next time,” he said.
The Israeli military has not commented on the reported strikes.
