At least 15 Palestinians, including women and children, were martyred and others injured early Wednesday by Israeli strikes targeting displacement tents, a house, and a gathering of civilians in the Gaza Strip despite a ceasefire agreement in the enclave, medical sources said.
The Palestine Red Crescent Society said two people, including a paramedic, were martyred and 12 others wounded in shelling that targeted the area around Street 5 in the al-Mawasi area of Khan Younis in southern Gaza.
The wounded were taken to the Red Crescent’s field hospital in al-Mawasi, the organization added.
Local sources said the casualties were reported after an Israeli helicopter struck a tent housing displaced people in al-Mawasi. As ambulance crews moved to evacuate the wounded, an Israeli drone then targeted the rescue team.
Nasser Hospital said that it had received the bodies of three people killed in Israeli artillery fire that targeted homes in the Qizan Rashwan area south of Khan Younis, an area outside Israeli military control.
There is no ceasefire.
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The Israeli forces bomb tents for displaced people in the outskirts of Khan Younis city, south of the Gaza Strip. Two martyrs and 10 wounded pic.twitter.com/48TfkIRIzg
In Gaza City, four Palestinians were martyred and others wounded in heavy Israeli shelling that hit homes along Yaffa Street, al-Sikka Street and al-Hajar Street in the al-Tuffah neighborhood east of the city, also outside Israeli-controlled areas, medical sources said.
Al-Shifa Hospital also received the bodies of two women and a girl after Israeli forces shelled a tent in the al-Mahatta Park area of the al-Tuffah neighborhood, medical officials said.
Two elderly people and a child were also admitted to the same hospital after Israeli artillery targeted the Street 10 area in the al-Zeitoun neighborhood in southeastern Gaza City, according to hospital officials.
🚨 BREAKING : More than 550 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces across the Gaza Strip since the so-called “ceasefire” began in October.
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At least 21 civilians including children have been killed since dawn today alone. pic.twitter.com/lp38iGUW9X
The Israeli army has continued to violate the ceasefire deal despite the US administration’s announcement in January that the second phase of the deal had begun. That phase includes additional Israeli withdrawals from Gaza and the launch of reconstruction efforts, which the UN estimates will cost about $70 billion.
Source: Agencies (edited by Al-Manar)