Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip caused more than 300 deaths and half a thousand injuries in the last hoursas fierce fighting continues between soldiers and Hamas militiamen on the 63rd day of the war.
“In the last few hours, 313 dead and 558 injured have arrived at hospitals”, while “a large number of victims remain under the rubble” or lying on the roads, he reported. spokesman for the Gaza Ministry of Health, Ashraf Al Qudra.
At the same time, The number of Palestinians killed since the start of the war on October 7 has risen to 17,48770 percent are women and children, added the same organization, under the control of the Islamist group Hamas, which added that the total number of wounded was 46,480.
of these, 618 were evacuated to Egypt get medical help.
Israel claimed to have struck 450 targets in Gaza from land, sea and airto kill “numerous” members of the Islamist group Hamas.
A report by the Israeli army emphasizes that intense fighting continues in the Belt, in The Israeli offensive is now focused on southern Gazain cities like Khan Yunis.
Israeli troops “continue to operate on locate and destroy tunnels, weapons and terrorist infrastructure“, emphasized the Israeli forces.
In Khan Younis, Israeli warplanes carried out a series of “two-hour precision strikes” against various targets, according to the report, which said a drone was also used.
Israeli bombing They destroyed the Al Omari mosque in Gazathe largest and oldest in the Strip, reported the Gaza City Council in a message via its official Facebook account.
“The Gaza City Council condemns the Israeli occupation’s attack on the Al Omari Grand Mosque,” which is located in the old part of Gaza City, the City Council condemned, assuring that The bombing of the Muslim temple is “part of Israel’s policy of destruction” against “historical and archaeological monuments of the city”.
As he added in his statement, on which you can see two photos of the temple that was almost completely turned into ruins, “Al Omari Mosque is the largest and oldest in Old Gaza” and “one of the most prominent Islamic and historical monuments” in the Strip.
It was initially built as a Byzantine church in the 5th century and later turned into a mosque in the 7th century.
From the sea, the Israeli navy launched attacks “against Hamas’ naval and intelligence capabilities” in the center and southern part of the stripagainst targets such as observation posts and weapons depots of the Islamist group.
There are almost 1.9 million internally displaced persons in Gazaabout 80% of its population of about 2.3 million inhabitants of the Palestinian enclave, which is suffering a serious humanitarian crisis.
Source: Panama America
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