Dozens of civilians killed in Israeli airstrikes across Gaza Strip


GAZA: Scores of civilians were killed and others were wounded today in a barrage of Israeli airstrikes that targeted several areas in the Gaza Strip.

Medical sources reported that 11 civilians were killed and others were injured in an Israeli airstrike targeting a house for the Dhair family in the city of Rafah.

Furthermore, Israeli fighter jets targeted a house belonging to al-Hamayda family in the city, causing several injuries among its residents.

Israeli tanks stationed near the Kuwait Roundabout area in Gaza City, north of the Strip, opened a barrage of gunfire toward a group of civilians while they were waiting for humanitarian aid, critically wounding two.

The Israeli occupation forces raided al-Nasser Hospital in the city of Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip and detained several medical personnel and displaced persons who sought refuge inside the hospital.

The soldiers also ordered a number of civilians to evacuate the hospital.

Source: Palestine News and Information Agency – WAFA