The latest Israeli airstrikes and shelling on Thursday left over 17 Gazans dead and dozens injured, bringing the 24-day death toll to over 1400 and more than 8,000 injured.
“The dead included five people killed in a bombing that hit a crowd of civilians near a mosque in the Abasan area East of Khan Younis,” said the Ministry of Health, alalam reported.
“Also in Khan Younis, one Palestinian was killed and four were wounded in a strike that hit a motorcycle in the Ma’an area South of the city,” the ministry added.
It further noted that at least 55 were wounded after the Al-Hamoud house in Beit Lahiya was hit at dawn. “Injuries were also reported during an Israeli strike on the home of the Al-Haw family in Jabaliya.”
“Israeli aircraft also targeted a house East of al-Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip belonging to Abu Abdullah Abu Huwayshal, destroying it completely,” the ministry added.
Violent clashes broke out between Palestinian fighters and Israeli troops in the Nabahin field East of Al-Bureij.
The deaths in the besieged Gaza Strip came on the 24th day of an Israeli assault which has nearly topped the death toll from the 2008-9 Cast Lead, the bloodiest attack on the area in memory when Israel killed 1,400 in 22 days.
Source FARS
