Dozens of martyrs in Gaza as Israel intensifies airstrikes on central Gaza strip

Published January 3rd, 2025 - 08:58 GMT
Khan Yunis Gaza
Palestinians check the damage following an Israeli strike that hit an administrative building in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on January 2, 2025, amid the ongoing war between Israel and the Hamas movement. (Photo by BASHAR TALEB / AFP)

ALBAWABA - Since early Friday morning, Israeli airstrikes on central Gaza have killed 17 Palestinians, including a journalist, according to Al Jazeera. After a day of escalating Israeli airstrikes on the beleaguered Palestinian enclave.

Medical sources said that Israeli attacks killed at least 90 Palestinians in Gaza, including 43 in the north yesterday.

The Al Jazeera reporter said that an Israeli attack on three central Gaza houses killed nine Palestinians, including journalist Omar Al-Derawi. Al-Derawi died in an attack on his family's Al-Zawaida house. A drone strike in western Gaza City killed photographer Hassan Al-Qishaoui the day before.

Four Palestinians were killed and dozens wounded when Israeli soldiers attacked Al-Barbari station on Al-Jalaa Street in western Gaza City. A home in Deir Al-Balah was airstricken, killing four additional Palestinians.

A attack on an apartment in Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza killed five Palestinians, including two children, in recent hours. Several people were injured in an Israeli attack on a residence in Al-Sawarha, southwest of Nuseirat camp.

At least four Palestinians were killed and others wounded in an Israeli attack on Al-Shati camp in western Gaza. Nine Palestinians were killed and dozens injured during an attack on the Abu Labda family's house near Al-Maghazi camp's entrance. Al-Aqsa martyred Hospital in Deir Al-Balah received the wounded and martyred.

Nasser Hospital received the corpses of four martyrs, including a child, following an attack on a shelter for displaced families north of Khan Younis.

Gaza Civil Defense spokesman Mouhammad Basal reported 20 deaths in two Jabalia and Al-Mawasi massacres. He told Al Jazeera that most casualties are women and children, highlighting Israel's ethnic cleansing.

Israeli soldiers burned schools and residences near the Indonesian Hospital in the north.

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