The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza reported that 12 Palestinians were killed and dozens were injured, during a series of Israeli raids on the Gaza Strip at dawn today, Sunday, bringing the number of martyrs to the continuous Israeli bombing of the Strip to 155, including 41 children and 23 women, while the number of injured exceeded 1100.
The Israeli warplanes simultaneously launched dozens of violent and unprecedented raids on homes and streets in various areas of the Gaza Strip, which led to the deaths of martyrs and dozens of injuries, and those raids targeted several homes in Al-Wehda Street in Gaza City without prior warning.
Palestinian sources reported that there are a number of people missing as a result of the Israeli bombing on Al-Wehda Street in Gaza, as civil defense and medical teams continue their efforts to search for them among the rubble of destroyed homes in the city.
Rescue crews continue to search for survivors among the rubble of destroyed buildings (Al-Jazeera)
The number of victims is likely to increase
Doctor Muhammad Abu Salmiya, director of Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, stated that the number of martyrs and wounded is likely to increase, in light of the presence of entire families under the rubble of homes.
The raids also targeted a house in the Nuseirat camp in the middle of the Strip, and a house in Al-Sinaa Street, south of Gaza City, as well as major roads and junctions. The bombing also extended to Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip and to separate areas in the northern Gaza Strip.
Al-Jazeera camera monitored the arrival of a number of injured women and children to Shifa Hospital in Gaza City with their families in a state of panic.
Violent shelling on Al-Wehda Street in the city of # Gaza. # Gaza_Under_Attack pic.twitter.com/mD2zC2p1jP
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Another raid targeted the headquarters of the National Security on the Egyptian border with the Gaza Strip, while the Israeli occupation army stated that it targeted the house of Muhammad al-Sinwar, a leader in the Qassam Brigades - the military wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) - in Khan Yunis, during the raids launched today at dawn Various areas in the sector.
The Al-Jazeera correspondent indicated that the raids targeted the house and office of the head of the Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip, Yahya Sinwar, and the house of his brother, the leader of the movement, Muhammad al-Sinwar. For the Sinwar home.
Commenting on the recent raids, Hamas said that "targeting civilians will not limit the resistance's strikes, and every crime committed by the enemy will pay for it before the blood dries up."
The Palestinian resistance factions fired a barrage of rockets from the Gaza Strip towards Tel Aviv and its environs (Anatolia)
The response of the resistance in Tel Aviv
On the other hand, the Palestinian resistance factions launched a barrage of rockets from the Gaza Strip towards Tel Aviv and its environs, Ashdod and other areas, and the Qassam Brigades spokesman announced that a large batch of rockets had been directed from the Gaza Strip towards Ashdod and Tel Aviv.
Al-Jazeera correspondent Elias Karam said that a barrage of rockets was launched from the Gaza Strip from several directions towards Tel Aviv and its northern, southern and eastern suburbs.
The bombing targeted the cities of Rishon Lezion, Herzliya and Ptah Tikva in the suburbs of Tel Aviv, and there were reports that rockets had reached the Hasharon area, north of Tel Aviv, which means an expansion of the target areas.
Israeli media reported that 10 Israelis were wounded while fleeing to bomb shelters, after rockets were fired from Gaza at Tel Aviv.
Al-Jazeera correspondent Shirin Abu Aqleh quoted Israeli sources as saying that 42 rockets fell on Tel Aviv and central Israel after midnight, while the sirens sounded 3 times.
מטחי רקטות מעזה לישראל pic.twitter.com/d1nw7c7o4H
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Targeting Beersheba
Meanwhile, the Al-Jazeera correspondent quoted Israeli sources as saying that Beersheba was targeted by 12 rockets fired from Gaza, and Israeli media outlets published pictures of the Iron Dome attempt to intercept those missiles.
For its part, Al-Qassam Brigades confirmed - in a statement - the bombing of the city of Beersheba with rocket-propelled grenades, and said that this was in response to "the enemy's targeting of safe civilians."
For his part, Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum said that Tel Aviv, the capital of the Israeli decision, has now become an arena for the battle between the Al-Qassam Brigades and the enemy, stressing that the resistance surprised the Israeli occupation with its strength, creativity and management of the battle, and turned public opinion on it within the Israeli community, the regional and the world.