For the fifth consecutive day, the Israeli occupation army continued its bombardment of the Gaza Strip, while the Palestinian resistance responded with more barrages of missiles on Israeli towns and cities.

In the latest field developments from Gaza, a commander in the Joint Chamber of the Resistance said that the latter had foiled - on Thursday night - a deceptive maneuver for the occupation army, through which it tried to delude the start of a ground campaign.

He added that the occupation's maneuver was aimed at killing hundreds of resistance fighters and paralyzing their capabilities, stressing that the elements of the resistance and their capabilities were not undermined by this deceptive operation.

Al-Jazeera correspondent in Gaza, Wael al-Dahdouh, said that the occupation aircraft bombed the headquarters of the Bank of Production in western Gaza, which is located only tens of meters from the Shifa Medical Complex, the largest hospital in the Gaza Strip.

He pointed out that Israeli warplanes previously destroyed several branches of this bank across Gaza, and today they destroyed the main headquarters, which represents a continuation of the economic war on the Strip, under the pretext that these banks support Hamas and contribute to its steadfastness.

In addition to the bombing of the production bank, the Israeli army spokesman said that a cell of rocket launchers from Gaza towards Israel was targeted in the last hours.

A spokesman for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Hamas bombed Israel with more than 2,000 rockets.

The occupation army also published a video clip, which it said was documenting the bombing of a group of what it described as the marine targets of Hamas.

On the Palestinian side, and in the most recent reaction by the resistance in Gaza to the continuous Israeli shelling;

The Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, announced that it bombed Beersheba with rockets, and launched a new batch of rockets at the cities of Ashkelon and Ashdod. It also announced that it bombed the "Netivot" settlement in southern Israel with a rocket-propelled grenade.

The Israeli newspaper Maariv reported that electricity was cut off in some Israeli towns on the outskirts of Beersheba, after electricity poles were hit by missile strikes.

The Al-Qassam Brigades announced that it had targeted a chemical plant in the town of Nir Oz with a Shihab drone.

The Israeli army also announced that it had shot down a drone that launched from the Gaza Strip.

Al-Jazeera correspondent reported that rockets from the Gaza Strip targeted the towns around the Gaza Strip.

For its part, the Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of Islamic Jihad, said that it had targeted the Karm Abu Salem military site with a number of mortar shells.

It added that it also bombed the Kissufim military outpost with a number of mortar shells.

The Nasser Salah El-Din Brigades stated, for their part, that they bombed the settlement of Nir Ishaq, east of Rafah, with 3 Type 107 missiles.

Al-Jazeera correspondent reported that 5 Israelis were injured in the city of Petah Tikva, east of Tel Aviv, after it was hit by rockets from Gaza.

Israeli media published scenes showing direct hits to a house and a car, in addition to the sound of warning sirens in the area.

Reuters said that the owners of crude oil tankers were asking to shift away from Ashkelon to the Haifa port due to the escalation.

The occupation army demanded - at dawn today, Friday - the residents of the towns around the Gaza Strip to "stay in safe areas until further notice."

The army statement stated, "According to the instructions of the Home Front Command, residents of Israeli towns - which lie up to 4 kilometers from the Gaza Strip - are required to stay in safe areas (shelters) until further notice."

Statistics

The violent Israeli bombardment destroyed and vandalized a large number of shops, in addition to damage to the electricity networks, which led to them being cut off from Al-Rimal neighborhood, west of Gaza City.

According to the latest official toll from the Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip, the continuous Israeli aggression since last Monday has resulted in the death of 119 Palestinians, including 27 children and 11 women, and the wounding of 621.

The Government Information Department in Gaza said that "the occupation army bombed 60 government headquarters and destroyed more than 500 housing units completely."

And she added - in a statement - that the initial estimates of losses as a result of the aggression on Gaza amounted to 73 million dollars.

10 thousand homes without water

Today, Friday, the Jabalia municipality in the Gaza Strip announced that water and sanitation services were cut off from about 10 thousand homes, as a result of the aggression launched by Israeli fighter jets yesterday, Thursday night, in the northern Gaza Strip.

The municipality said - in a statement - that the recent aggression caused the main lines of water to explode, which forced it to cut off water to 10,000 homes in various areas of influence.

She added that the Israeli aggression also targeted the main sewage water line in the northern regions.

It indicated that it had begun an emergency repair process for the main carrier line in coordination with the International Committee of the Red Cross.

It indicated that the Israeli destruction machine deliberately targeted the main roads and intersections.

The municipality appealed to donors to provide emergency support to ensure the continuation of basic services (water and sanitation) to the citizens' homes.

Al-Jazeera correspondent in Gaza, Wael al-Dahdouh, said that the electricity company had warned of repeated targeting and the lack of fuel to operate the only power station in the Strip.

He pointed out that the Strip gets electricity from two sources, one of which is the power station, which provides the Gaza Strip about 100 megawatts, and the second is transmission lines of electricity from Israel that provide about 120 megawatts, while the Strip needs about 400 megawatts, which means that even when it is operational The network is at full capacity there will be a large deficit.

On Thursday night, Israeli war fighters - with the participation of artillery vehicles - launched a series of raids in the northern Gaza Strip, the most violent since the beginning of the escalation.

According to the Ministry of Health, the number of victims of the continuous violent Israeli raids on the Gaza Strip since last Monday evening has risen to 119, including 31 children and 19 women, and 830 different injuries.

In addition, 6 martyrs and hundreds of wounded were killed in clashes in the West Bank and occupied Jerusalem, according to official Palestinian sources.

Since April 13, the situation in the Palestinian territories has exploded as a result of brutal attacks committed by the Israeli police and settlers in Jerusalem, the Al-Aqsa Mosque and its environs, and the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, following Israeli efforts to evacuate 12 Palestinian homes and hand them over to settlers.