Israeli Occupation Airstrikes Intensify in Gaza, Killing 23 Civillians

Gaza, MINA –  The Israeli occupation army has escalated its assaults on the Gaza Strip in recent hours, killing and injuring dozens of Palestinians in strikes across multiple areas of the enclave.

Medical sources reported that at least 23 Palestinians were killed and many others wounded in one day as Israel’s military campaign in Gaza continued into its 16th day, following Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government’s violation of a ceasefire agreement, Palestine Chronicle reported.

According to Al Jazeera’s correspondent, three Palestinians were killed in an Israeli airstrike on agricultural land northeast of Rafah, in southern Gaza. Ambulance crews retrieved the bodies as Israeli forces issued evacuation orders for all Rafah residents. The victims were transferred to the Gaza European Hospital.

In Rafah, a Palestinian was killed and others injured when Israeli forces targeted a tent sheltering displaced people. Meanwhile, two Palestinians were killed, and others wounded in an Israeli strike on a house in central Khan Yunis, southern Gaza.

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Another Palestinian lost his life in Israeli artillery shelling that struck the eastern area of Al-Qarara, north of Khan Yunis. Israeli warplanes also bombed the already-destroyed Indonesian mosque in the Ma’an area, east of Khan Yunis.

In Nuseirat refugee camp, central Gaza, an Israeli airstrike on a house killed two Palestinians and wounded others, according to Al Jazeera. In Deir al-Balah, another Palestinian was killed and several others injured in an Israeli airstrike on a tent sheltering displaced families.

The renewed Israeli violence on March 18 shattered a ceasefire that had been in place since January 19. The latest military actions have killed hundreds of Palestinians and injured many more, primarily civilians, including women and children.

Since October 2023, Israeli airstrikes and ground operations have resulted in the deaths of over 50,000 Palestinians, most of them women and children, and have left Gaza in ruins. []

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Mi’raj News Agency (MINA)