A citizen was killed and others were injured on Monday evening in an Israeli airstrike on Gaza City.

According to local sources, Israeli artillery targeted the Education Directorate, which was sheltering displaced persons, near Al-Zahraa School in the Al-Daraj neighborhood, east of Gaza City, killing a female citizen and wounding others.

It added that the occupation forces bombed a residential apartment opposite Ajur Bakery east of Gaza City, wounding a number of citizens. He noted that the occupation forces' artillery intensified its shelling of the eastern areas of Gaza City.

Since October 7, 2023, the Israeli occupation forces have launched an aggression against the Gaza Strip, resulting in the deaths of 52,862 citizens, the majority of whom were children and women, and the injury of 119,648 others. This is a preliminary toll, with a number of victims still buried under the rubble and on the streets, unable to be reached by ambulances and rescue teams.