Gaza, October 13 (IANS). At least 18 Palestinians were killed in attacks by Israeli forces in the northern and central Gaza Strip on Sunday.
Palestinian security officials told Xinhua news agency that Israeli forces targeted the outskirts of Burez refugee camp and Deir al-Balah in central Gaza.
According to medical sources, seven people were killed in the firing. He was sent to Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah.
In another incident, eight people of the same family were killed in Israeli shelling on a residential house in Nusirat refugee camp, according to local sources.
Meanwhile, Gaza’s civil defense authority said its teams recovered three bodies and evacuated seven other people trapped in homes in the Fallujah area of Jabaliya.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Sunday that its forces struck nearly 40 targets during an operation in the Gaza Strip in the past 24 hours, killing several militants.
Let us tell you that Hamas had suddenly attacked Southern Israel on October 7, 2023. 1,200 people were killed in this attack and about 250 people were taken hostage. After this, Israel launched large-scale attacks against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
Gaza-based health officials said on Sunday that the death toll of Palestinians from Israeli air strikes since the war has increased to 42,227.
On Sunday, the Palestine Liberation Organization’s Prisoner Affairs Authority and the Palestinian Prisoner Club announced the death of Bethlehem prisoner Mohammed Musa (37) in Israel’s Soroka Hospital.
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