Palestinians martyred due to continuous Israeli strikes on Gaza Strip

Gaza -- Health authorities in the Gaza Strip announced that the number of Palestinian martyrs in the Strip has risen to three since the early hours of Tuesday morning, following continuous strikes by Israeli occupation aircraft that targeted shelter centers and intense gunfire directed at displaced persons’ tents in various parts of the Strip. Health authorities said in press statements that at least two Palestinian martyrs and several others with varying injuries, including critical cases, were brought to Al-Maqassed Hospital after Israeli occupation aircraft struck the roof of a building belonging to the Waqf in Gaza City, which had been converted into a shelter for displaced persons due to shelling and forced evacuations by the occupation during the war. Earlier, authorities announced the martyrdom of a Palestinian in the southern part of the Strip and the injury of several others, including a child, who was shot in the abdomen after Israeli occupation forces fired heavily at displaced persons’ tents in the southern areas of Khan Younis, coinciding with continued firing from military vehicles advancing in the eastern parts of the city. The past night witnessed a widespread escalation in eastern Khan Younis and central Gaza, as occupation vehicles fired heavily, carried out artillery shelling, and demolished remaining buildings in the eastern areas of the city. The escalation extended to coastal areas, where Israeli warships fired at western parts of the Strip and targeted fishermen’s boats off the coast of Khan Younis, injuring several of them and burning and damaging two vessels at sea. (End) WA / AP