Performing funeral prayers for the martyrs of the recent raids in Rafah, which is crowded with displaced people (Getty)
The Israeli occupation army launched intensive raids on Rafah in the far south of the Gaza Strip since dawn today, Friday, while threatening a ground attack. It also sniped a number of Palestinians in the vicinity of Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis and forced the displaced to leave two shelter centers in the city, amid the Ministry of Health’s announcement that the victims of the aggression had risen to 27. One thousand and 947 martyrs.
The Ministry of Health in Gaza said that the number of wounded has reached 67,459 since October 7, adding that the occupation committed 13 massacres in the Gaza Strip, killing 107 martyrs and 142 injured during the past 24 hours.
The occupation aircraft targeted two inhabited houses in the city of Rafah, resulting in the death of 8 Palestinians, including women and children.
For his part, Al Jazeera's correspondent reported that a Palestinian was killed by occupation sniper bullets outside the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip, which brings the number of martyrs in the city to 8 since this morning, one of whom is elderly.
He added that the occupation aircraft launched a raid near the Nasser complex.
The reporter confirmed that the occupation forces forced the displaced to leave the Sheikh Jabr and Qandila schools in Khan Yunis camp, noting that 7 people who were forced by the army to leave were martyred after the occupation vehicles and drones opened fire on the schools.
He added that the occupation targeted a house in the vicinity of the Bank of Palestine in Jabalia al-Balad, north of the Gaza Strip, resulting in the death and injury of a number of Palestinians.
Martyrs in central Gaza
In the central Gaza Strip, 15 Palestinians were killed in an Israeli bombing that targeted homes in Deir al-Balah and al-Zawaida.
The Palestinian News Agency (Wafa) reported that the occupation aircraft launched a series of raids that targeted several homes in the neighborhoods of Gaza City, specifically in Al-Rimal, Al-Sabra, Al-Zaytoun, Tal Al-Hawa, and Sheikh Ajlin, resulting in dozens of martyrs and wounded.
The agency added that the ambulance was unable to reach the targeted locations due to missile and artillery shelling and shooting from drones on everything that moved.
It also said that the occupation warboats fired shells at the Fishermen's Port area, west of Gaza City.
Israeli fighters bombed main roads in the Maghazi camp and a number of homes in the Bureij and Nuseirat camps, leading to their complete destruction.
In the town of Al-Zawaida, the Israeli army bombed a kindergarten housing displaced people, which led to the death of 4 Palestinians - including 3 children - and the injury of a number of others - the majority of whom were children and women - according to Palestinian paramedics.
Source: Al Jazeera + agencies