GAZA: At least seven civilians were killed this evening in an Israeli shelling targeting an area in central Gaza and several other neighborhoods in the city.

According to local sources, the bodies of four civilians were brought to the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah following an Israeli bombardment of a house in the al-Sawarha neighborhood, in the central Gaza Strip.

Ambulance and civil defense crews also managed to recover the bodies of three people who were killed in an Israeli artillery bombardment that targeted an apartment for the Hamada family in the al-Rimal neighborhood, in central Gaza City.

The occupation warplanes also bombed the house of the Abu Qassim family in Deir al-Balah city, in the central Strip. Israeli strikes also targeted areas east of the Nuseirat refugee camp and the Az-Zawayda town.

The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PCRS) said Israeli jets launched fire belts targeting the vicinity of Al-Amal Hospital, in the southern Gaza Strip, and the northern parts of Rafah city,
in the north.

Israeli naval boats also opened their heavy-machine gunfire on the west coast of the Strip, specifically areas off the coasts of Rafah and Khan Yunis cities.

The occupation artillery bombed a factory belonging to the Abu Daqqa family east of Khan Yunis, as well as targeted the Batn Al-Sameen area.

The death toll since the start of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip on October 7th has surged to about 25,105 people. At least 62,681 people were wounded, mostly children and women, and thousands of others were reported missing.

Source: Palestine news and Information Agency – WAFA