Simultaneous Israeli military escalation on several fronts in the Gaza Strip

On Wednesday, the Gaza Strip witnessed a simultaneous Israeli military escalation on several fronts, including artillery shelling, air raids, and heavy gunfire, especially in the eastern and northern areas of the sector.

Eyewitnesses reported that Israeli artillery shelling targeted the vicinity of Al-Fakhoura School, which shelters displaced people west of Jabalia camp in areas from which the Israeli army had previously withdrawn in northern Gaza Strip.

The army also carried out an air raid inside the areas it still occupies east of Jabalia camp, accompanied by heavy gunfire from military vehicles.

In Gaza City, Israeli artillery shelling targeted Al-Tuffah neighborhood east of the city, while another artillery shelling hit inside areas occupied by the Israeli army east of Juhr al-Dik and Al-Bureij in the center of the sector, according to the same source.

The witnesses said that the central area saw gunfire from Israeli helicopters targeting areas still occupied by the army to the east, in addition to an air raid east of Al-Maghazi camp.

In southern Gaza Strip, Israeli warplanes carried out air raids on Rafah city in areas still occupied by the Israeli army, coinciding with gunfire from helicopters targeting the area, according to the witnesses.

No casualties or injuries were reported as a result of these Israeli violations.

This comes amid the ongoing Israeli breaches of the ceasefire agreement that came into effect on October 10, which resulted in the killing of 414 Palestinians and the injury of 1,145 others.

On October 8, 2023, Israel began a genocide in Gaza that lasted two years, with its death toll exceeding 71,000 Palestinians and 171,000 injured, alongside massive destruction affecting 90 percent of the civilian infrastructure, with reconstruction costs estimated by the United Nations at around 70 billion dollars.