GAZA: Nine Palestinians were killed Friday evening in Israeli army bombardment across the war-torn Gaza Strip, according to local sources and paramedics.

They said that Israeli artillery shelled a house belonging to the Awad family in al-Fakhari town, east of Khan Younes in the southern Strip, killing two children.

Meanwhile, Israeli fighter jets targeted a house in al-Mawasi area, west of Rafah, in the southern Strip, killing three civilians, at a time when fighter jets targeted an area to the west of the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Strip, killing four civilians and injuring a child.

Israel has proceeded with its genocidal offensive on the war-torn Strip in complete disregard of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which ordered Israel in a legally binding decision to halt its military offensive in Rafah, which may violate its obligations under the Genocide Convention.

Israel has been waging a devastating war on Gaza since October 7, killing at least 41,534 Palestinians and injuring over 96
,092 others.

Moreover, at least 10,000 people are unaccounted for, presumed dead under the rubble of their homes throughout the Strip.

Palestinian and international organizations say that the majority of those killed and wounded are women and children.

The Israeli aggression has also resulted in the forceful displacement of nearly two million people from all over the Gaza Strip, with the vast majority of the displaced forced into the densely crowded southern city of Rafah near the border with Egypt – in what has become Palestine’s largest mass exodus since the 1948 Nakba.

Source: Palestine news & Information Agency – WAFA