Medical and field sources reported that three Palestinian citizens, including a child not exceeding five years old, were injured as a result of direct gunfire by Israeli occupation forces in the town of Beit Lahia, north of the Gaza Strip. The sources clarified that the child's condition was described as serious, while the other two suffered gunshot wounds to their lower extremities and were transferred to the hospital for treatment amidst complex health conditions in the northern part of the Strip.
The early hours of Thursday witnessed an intense military escalation, as occupation aircraft and artillery carried out a series of raids targeting the eastern neighborhoods of Gaza City. The shelling focused on the Shuja'iyya, Zeitoun, and Tuffah areas, coinciding with intensive helicopter flights that fired their machine guns at citizens' homes and properties in those populated areas.
Offshore, Israeli warships continued to target the Palestinian coast, firing heavily near Al-Shati refugee camp and the fishermen's port. The shelling also hit the tents of displaced people scattered in the coastal area, causing panic among families who had sought refuge in those areas in search of safety lost since the beginning of the aggression.
The central areas of the Strip were not spared from targeting, as Israeli artillery shelled areas east of Juhor ad-Dik and northeast of Al-Bureij refugee camp with heavy shells. These military movements come amidst a temporary control by the occupation army over some axes under ceasefire understandings that have not prevented the continuation of field aggressions.
In the southern part of the Strip, warplanes launched airstrikes inside what is known as the 'Yellow Line' east of Khan Yunis city, coinciding with artillery shelling that targeted the Al-Mawasi area. The 'Yellow Line' is known as a hypothetical boundary to which the occupation army temporarily withdrew, separating its controlled areas from areas where Palestinians are allowed to be present, but it witnesses repeated violations.
On the statistical front, the Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip announced a new update on the toll of victims of the ongoing genocide war since October 2023. The ministry stated in its statement that the number of martyrs has risen to 72,136, while the number of injured has reached 171,839, in one of the largest humanitarian disasters in modern history.
Medical reports indicated that hospitals received one martyr and nine injured during the past 24 hours due to the ongoing aggressions. With this update, the toll of victims of ceasefire violations, which has been in effect for months, rises to 651 martyrs and 1741 injured, posing significant field challenges to the agreement amidst continued targeting.
Furthermore, the Ministry of Health revealed that specialized teams have been able to recover the bodies of 756 martyrs from under the rubble and from various areas since the ceasefire came into effect. These figures reflect the massive destruction caused by military operations, as many bodies are still missing under the debris of destroyed homes that were previously inaccessible.
It is worth noting that this tragic reality comes two years after a comprehensive war launched by the occupying state with widespread American support, which led to the destruction of about 90% of the infrastructure in the Strip. UN reports estimate the cost of rebuilding what the occupation destroyed at about 70 billion dollars, amidst a suffocating humanitarian and economic crisis afflicting the residents of the besieged Strip.
The toll of victims of ceasefire violations has risen to 651 martyrs and 1741 injured since the agreement came into effect.
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Injuries, including a child, in occupation attacks on Gaza and rising death toll