Number of Palestinian martyrs rises to 5 due to occupation raids in Gaza Strip

Gaza – 7 October (KUNA) – The number of martyrs in the Gaza Strip rose to five Palestinians on Wednesday, including one who died from injuries sustained in scattered Israeli airstrikes and attacks across various areas of the Strip. Gaza’s health authorities said in a press statement that one martyr and 12 injured people, including children and women, were brought to Nasser Medical Complex after an Israeli occupation aircraft targeted a tent in Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Strip. In northern Gaza, a member of the Civil Defense team was martyred while heading to rescue the injured near Kamal Adwan Hospital. Another Palestinian was martyred after a drone targeted an area in Qayzan Abu Rashwan, south of Khan Younis in southern Gaza. Additionally, a 60-year-old Palestinian man was martyred, and others were injured, including one case described as critical, after a house roof in West Khan Younis refugee camp was targeted. Earlier, Gaza’s health authorities had announced the death of a Palestinian boy from injuries sustained on 4 September when he was shot in the head in the Al-Ittisalat area east of Khan Younis. Also, several Palestinian displaced persons were injured in the evening, with some of their injuries described as serious, after Israeli occupation drones carried out an airstrike on a tent sheltering displaced people in the Mawasi area west of Khan Younis. Thus, the number of martyrs since morning hours rose to five, following the occupation forces’ insistence on launching a continuous series of airstrikes against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. (End) ab / m.m.j