Gaza, MINA – Nine Palestinian civilians were martyred and 15 others were wounded early Thursday morning in a series of Israeli airstrikes on apartments in Gaza City, according to the Palestine Information Center.
Medical sources at al-Shifa Hospital reported the arrival of nine fatalities and 15 injured following air raids that struck four apartments in the western and southern areas of Gaza City.
One of the airstrikes targeted an apartment belonging to the al-Ghoul family in the Abu Ghouri building in Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, northwest Gaza City, killing two people and injuring others.
Israeli warplanes also bombed an apartment in the Tel al-Hawa neighborhood in southwest Gaza City, while two people, including a woman, were injured in a raid on an apartment belonging to the Mahna family near Abu Yusuf al-Quqa rotary in ash-Shati refugee camp west of the city.
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In another attack, five civilians were killed and several others were wounded when a warplane struck an apartment belonging to the Lubad family on al-Mukhabarat street in the northwest of Gaza City. The strike ignited fires in the targeted apartment and adjacent buildings.
The air raids happened simultaneously with artillery shelling and gunfire from Israeli tanks and armored vehicles targeting the northeastern areas of al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza.
Israeli tanks also advanced under the cover of airstrikes targeting the strategic Salahuddin Road corridor east of Wadi Gaza.
In southern Gaza, Israeli gunboats fired projectiles and bullets towards the shores of Khan Yunis, while Israeli tanks opened fire at the southern and eastern areas of the city.[]
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