Israeli raids targeted the center and west of the city of Khan Yunis (Anadolu Agency)
The Israeli occupation forces carried out a series of air strikes on various areas of the Gaza Strip, while clashes continue between the Palestinian resistance and the occupation forces in a number of areas in the Strip, according to what an Al Jazeera correspondent reported.
The raids targeted various areas in Deir al-Balah, the center and west of the city of Khan Yunis, and all parts of Gaza City, in addition to the areas south of the Juhr al-Dik area, where huge explosions were heard.
The reporter added that the Israeli air and artillery bombardment on Khan Yunis left 10 martyrs since this morning, and 14 martyrs and a number of wounded in Deir al-Balah.
He pointed out that the area separating Khan Yunis and the city of Rafah has been subjected to heavy bombardment for two days by Israeli warplanes and artillery.
Al-Aqsa satellite channel said that the Israeli occupation forces launched violent artillery shelling on the Al-Amal neighborhood, Khan Yunis camp, and the city center, and added that engineering units in the occupation army blew up houses near the Austrian neighborhood, west of Khan Yunis, in the south of the Gaza Strip.
For its part, the Palestinian Red Crescent said that there are indicators warning of a humanitarian catastrophe in Al-Amal Hospital, which has been besieged for the 14th day in a row, in Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip. It added that the hospital is still under heavy fire, and the movement of paramedics and displaced persons has been prevented.
Earlier today, the Ministry of Health in Gaza announced the death of 127 Palestinians in 14 massacres committed by the Israeli occupation forces during the past 24 hours, and this coincided with clashes with the Palestinian resistance in a number of axes in the Strip, which resulted in losses among the ranks of the occupation forces.
The Ministry of Health explained that the number of victims of the Israeli aggression rose to 27,365 martyrs and 66,630 injured since the seventh of last October.
Clashes and battles
Al Jazeera's correspondent said that clashes were taking place with heavy machine guns in different neighborhoods of Gaza City, and other clashes in the center and west of the city of Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip.
The Al-Quds Brigades - the military wing of the Islamic Jihad Movement - announced that its fighters had placed an Israeli force in a tight ambush in Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip, killing two soldiers and wounding others.
It also targeted, earlier, an occupation forces bulldozer in the Al-Amal neighborhood, and confirmed that its members clashed with the occupation forces, causing deaths and injuries among its ranks. The Al-Quds Brigades broadcast images of an Israeli march, which it said it shot down while carrying out intelligence missions southwest of Khan Yunis.
For its part, the Al-Qassam Brigades - the military wing of the Hamas movement - said that it destroyed with mortar shells a gathering of occupation forces penetrating into the Al-Jami'a area, west of Gaza City.
The Brigades confirmed earlier that they had targeted an Israeli Merkava tank west of the city of Khan Yunis with an Al-Yassin 105 shell.
Source: Al Jazeera + agencies