Eighteen days on the brutal Israeli aggression on Gaza, Palestinian resistance groups are still managing to fire rockets at occupied territories bordering the besieged enclave as well as the central region reaching Tel Aviv and the surrounding areas.
Israeli media reported that Hamas is handling its rocket power according to a long-term strategy, noting that this fact doesn’t mean its military arsenal was damaged.
Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of Islamic Jihad movement, issued on Tuesday video showing its fighters shelling Israeli gatherings near Gaza.
Earlier on Monday, Hamas’ Al-Qassam Brigades launched two Al-Zouari drones at Hatzerim Airbase and Teslim Base in occupied territories.
إطلاق طائرتي زواري انتحاريتين باتجاه السرب 107 في قاعدة “حتسريم” ومقر قيادة فرقة سيناء في قاعدة”تسيلم” pic.twitter.com/vPntdSpABJ
— وكالة شهاب للأنباء (@ShehabAgency) October 23, 2023
Ongoing Aggression
The Gaza Strip is reeling under yet another wave of brutal attacks by the Israeli occupation, resulting in the deaths of over 120 people in the last few hours alone. The government media office in Gaza reported that the northern Gaza Strip was the primary target of the occupation’s aircraft, which bombed residential areas, including those of the Al-Kariri and Abu Safiya families.
Residents try to evacuate the body of a Palestinian who still under the rubble of his destroyed home in Gaza. Acoustics to official resources, Hundreds of bodies are still under the rubble due to the lake of equipments that to used to left the rubble. 24.10.23 pic.twitter.com/LsIg182gA4
— Eye on Palestine (@EyeonPalestine) October 24, 2023
The airstrikes also targeted the homes of the Farhat, Dabbash, Al-Fasih, Al-Ustad, Bahloul, and Bakr families in the Gaza Governorate. The central Governorate saw the residential towers in the Nuseirat camp being bombed, while the homes of the Al-Ghamri, Etim, Sharab, and a gas station were also targeted. The situation in the Rafah Governorate is equally dire, with the homes of the Al-Maghari, Al-Hashash, Qishta, Musabah and Al-Zaben families being bombed.
The Palestinian Information Office has put out a statement stating that the number of martyrs has already crossed the 5,000 mark, with the number of wounded standing at 15,000+. This aggression has resulted in the loss of thousands of innocent lives, including over 2,000 children and 1,100 women and girls, indicating the level of brutality that the occupation aspires to maintain.
The Director General of the Ministry of Health in Gaza, Munir Al-Bursh, has confirmed that, despite all the talks about aid entering Gaza, not a single piece of it has arrived yet.
Al-Bursh stated that the aid enters the Rafah crossing, is inspected by the occupation forces at Kafr Abu Salem crossing, and is then returned to Rafah before being distributed. Al-Bursh added that the aid entering Gaza is “throwing dust in the eyes and does not meet the needs.” More than 29 medical centers have been rendered non-functional, as have many hospitals, resulting in untold misery and suffering for the population.
The Hamas movement warned that negligence in providing fuel could lead to the death of many sick and wounded in the hospitals of the Gaza Strip. It has further called on Arab and Islamic countries, as well as the United Nations, to remedy the situation urgently. Currently, health centers are running out of fuel and are facing power outages, severely impacted the population’s health care needs.
Source: Palestinian and Israeli media (translated by Al-Manar English Website)
