The Palestinian resistance continues for the 111th day to confront the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, as the occupation goes ahead with its brutal offensive.
Thursday saw several international bodies warning against the dire situation in the besieged enclave, especially in Khan Younis, where Israeli occupation forces have encircled two hospitals, leaving thousands of staff, patients and displaced people trapped inside.
Israeli warplanes and artillery intensified on Thursday their raids and violent bombardment on various parts of the Gaza Strip, with the focus on the southern city of Khan Younis targeting homes, displaced persons’ gatherings, and streets, killing or injuring hundreds of people.
The newest massacre took place in Gaza City’s Kuwait Roundabou, where Israeli occupation attacked people who queued for humanitarian relief in war-ravaged northern city.
#BREAKING|| 20 Palestinian civilians were killed and dozens were injured as an Israeli raid targeted a group of civilians who were waiting to receive humanitarian aids at the Kuwait Roundabout in Gaza. pic.twitter.com/zKsuiTOhvc
— AlQastal News (@QastalNewsEn) January 25, 2024
“The Israeli occupation committed a new massacre against thousands of hungry mouths who were waiting for aid,” Ashraf Al-Qudra, spokesman for Health Ministry, said in a statement on Telegram.
At least 20 people have been martyred and 150 others have been wounded, Al-Qudra said, as he expected that the death toll of the attack will rise because dozens suffered serious injuries.
Palestinian media reported that in Khan Younis alone, 50 people have been martyred and dozens others have been injured in the last 24 hours.
Day 111 | The site of one of many massacres which took place last night in which an entire residential block was destroyed by an Israeli airstrike. pic.twitter.com/HvtiO9nLkC
— TIMES OF GAZA (@Timesofgaza) January 25, 2024
Meanwhile in Khan Younis, the Israeli occupation army has encircled the Nasser and Al-Amal hospitals amid fears of a repeat of what it did at Al-Shifa Hospital in northern Gaza City.
Health Ministry in Gaza warned that the health and humanitarian situation in the Nasser Hospital “is extremely catastrophic because of the siege by Israeli occupation forces,” noting that the facility has run out of food, anesthetics and painkillers.
Displaced families in Nasser Hospital found themselves compelled to bury their loved ones in the courtyard of the hospital due to the Israeli siege and targeting of civilians. pic.twitter.com/pH1iJ7JB08
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) January 25, 2024
Elsewhere in Rafah, dozens of people were martyred in an Israeli bombing of Omar bin Abdul-Aziz Mosque in the southern city.
According to figures obtained by the Health Ministry, death toll of the aggression since the stat of the war in October 7th neared 26,000.
At least 25,700 people have been killed and 63,740 wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7, the ministry said.
Valiant Confrontations
On the other hand, the Palestinian resistance kept up its heroic fight against the Israeli occupation forces in several fronts across the strip.
Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of Islamic Jihad resistance movement announced its fighters fired mortar shells targeting Israeli gatherings west of Khan Younis.
The group released a video showing resistance fighters targeting Israeli vehicles west of Khan Younis.
In the same front, Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas resistance group, announced its fighters targeted two Israeli Merkavas with Yassine-105 shells.
Israeli media, meanwhile, reported that sirens sounded in Gaza envelope settlements.
“For the first time in nearly four days, sirens are sounding due to apparent rocket fire from the Gaza Strip. Alarms are activated in the border community of Netiv Ha’asara,” The Times of Israel reported.
Source: Palestinian and Israeli media (translated and edited by Al-Manar English Website)
