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Gaza: The Israeli occupation army continued its airstrikes and shelling of several locations in the Gaza Strip early Monday morning.
Local sources told the Palestinian news agency WAFA that "a series of airstrikes carried out by the occupation's warplanes targeted several homes in Rafah, including the Abu Ayada family home in Tel al-Sultan, resulting in a number of martyrs and injuries."
In the al-Qizan neighborhood south of Khan Younis, warplanes bombed a house while its residents were inside, killing approximately seven people, including children and an infant.
In the central Gaza Strip, warplanes targeted the homes of the Abu Jalda, al-Bayya', al-Sharafi, and al-Sa'afin families with several missiles, resulting in a number of martyrs and injuries.
A massacre in every sense of the word: a Zionist bombing of a school sheltering hundreds of displaced families in Khan Younis.
The initial toll is 245 martyrs and hundreds wounded. #GazaIsCallingForHelp pic.twitter.com/wThySXqUJo
— Saad Al-Turkmani (@qaisi_sunni) October 22, 2023
In Gaza City, warplanes bombed the homes of the Al-Ghoul family, the Abdel Latif family on Aida Street in Al-Nasr, the Abu Nasser family, the Muhanna family in Sheikh Radwan, the Ansiou family, and a house near the Al-Shati'a food distribution center, resulting in the martyrdom and injury of several people.
In northern Gaza, warplanes bombed the Al-Ladawi family home, completely destroying it and several neighboring houses, resulting in the martyrdom and injury of dozens. Israeli artillery also shelled the eastern areas of the Gaza Strip with dozens of shells.
Early this morning, Monday, Israeli warplanes bombed the vicinity of three hospitals in the Gaza Strip.
Local sources reported that Israeli warplanes fired several missiles at the vicinity of Al-Shifa Medical Complex, which houses the largest number of wounded and medical staff, as well as the area around Al-Quds Hospital in the Tel al-Hawa neighborhood for the second time, and near the Indonesian Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip.
They added that the Israeli occupation aims to disrupt the healthcare system by directly threatening hospitals with evacuation and bombing, or by bombing nearby areas.
The director of the Indonesian Hospital told Al Jazeera that the Israeli bombing caused “serious damage and injuries,” without providing further details.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society stated on October 14 that Israel had ordered them to evacuate Al-Quds Hospital. It added that it was impossible to transfer patients and the wounded.
Meanwhile, on Monday, Israeli warplanes destroyed the Al-Nour Al-Muhammadi Mosque in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood north of Gaza City, bringing the total number of mosques destroyed to 32 since October 7.
The Ministry of Interior in the Gaza Strip said in a statement seen by Anadolu Agency that “Israeli aircraft destroyed the Al-Nour Al-Muhammadi Mosque in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood of the Gaza Strip.” The statement added that this resulted in injuries among civilians.
On Sunday, the Ministry of Religious Endowments and Affairs in Gaza announced that the Israeli army had completely destroyed five mosques in the Gaza Strip, bringing the total number of mosques destroyed to 31 since October 7.
In a related incident, Israeli warplanes bombed an inhabited house in the same neighborhood, killing and wounding its residents, according to the Ministry of Interior.
Ministry spokesman Iyad al-Bazm stated in a press release: “The occupation army is committing new bloody massacres against civilians and has intensified its raids on dozens of inhabited homes since last night (Sunday) and this morning (Monday) throughout the Gaza Strip.”
He noted that this has resulted in “a large number of martyrs and injuries, most of them women and children” (without providing specific figures). For the seventeenth consecutive day, the Israeli occupation army continues its relentless airstrikes on Gaza, which have destroyed entire neighborhoods, resulting in the deaths of 4,741 Palestinians, including 1,873 children and 1,023 women, and injuring 14,245, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. An unspecified number of people remain missing under the rubble.
Meanwhile, Hamas has killed more than 1,400 Israelis and injured 5,132, according to the Israeli Health Ministry, and has captured more than 200 Israelis, including high-ranking military personnel.
(Agencies)