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(Previous Incident Code: ISPT106)
Five civilians were reported injured in an alleged Israeli artillery strike on the area of Al-Zana, east of Khan Yunis on May 18th 2021, according to local reports.
Paltimes reported the injuries ranged from light to moderate.
Twitter user, Belal Nazar, said: “Smoke shells were fired at Al-Zana area, east of Khan Yunis. Heavy artillery shelling in the eastern border areas of the Gaza Strip.”
Palestine Now reported that at 13:30 Israeli artillery fired several smoke shells at Palestinian homes in Al-Zana. Other sources reported that later that day, at around 10:30pm, the same area was targeted by airstrikes.
Al Hayah Brs reported that shelling affected the area near Ibn Al-Nafis School.
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Reports of the incident mention the area of Al Zana (الزانه), allegedly located east of Khan Younis (خان يونس) city. Due to limited satellite imagery and information available to Airwars, we were unable to verify the location further. The generic coordinates for Khan Younis are: 31.339462, 34.324550.