Israeli forces' intensified attacks on Gaza claim more civilian lives as war enters its 209th day

The Israeli regime continues its attacks on Palestinians through relentless airstrikes and artillery fire, killing several and injuring many others across the Gaza Strip as the war enters its 209th day.

In the latest attacks, six Palestinian were killed and many others injured in an Israeli airstrike on the city of al-Zahraa in the central Gaza Strip on Thursday, the official Palestinian Wafa news agency reported.

Three Palestinians were successfully retrieved by ambulance and rescue teams, along with the assistance of local residents, the report added.

One person was killed and several others were injured in an Israeli airstrike on the Qaa al-Qurain area, located southeast of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip.

Other areas in Khan Yunus such as Bani Suhaila, Abasan, and Khuza’a, east of the city, also saw intense bombardment by Israeli warplanes.

Moreover, two citizens were killed and several others injured when an Israeli aircraft targeted a residential building owned by the Ishteiwi family in the al-Zaytoun neighborhood of Gaza City. The bombing also resulted in a number of people being trapped under the rubble, their whereabouts currently unknown.

Israeli artillery strikes also hit residential areas and farmlands in several neighborhoods southwest of Gaza City, including Sheikh Ajlin, Tal Al-Hawa, and Al-Zaytoun.

Displaced people east of Rafah city had their lands and tents targeted by the Israeli regime as well.

Israel ‘deliberately militarizes’ civilian facilities in Gaza: Rights group

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This is while, the Israeli regime’s aggression last night killed two civilians and injured dozens across the Gaza strip. Wafa reported that in the Nuseirat refugee camp located in central Gaza, one Palestinian was killed and five others were injured in an Israeli shelling that targeted the southern and central Gaza Strip.

Local media reports also said that a woman was killed in an Israeli artillery attack on the southern Gaza city of al-Fukhkhari.

Furthermore, the headquarters of the electricity distribution company in Deir al-Balah was targeted by the regime's bombardment and in the Jabalia refugee camp, situated in northern Gaza, Israeli warplanes carried out airstrikes on a house in the “Six Martyrs” neighborhood.

10,000 bodies buried under Gaza rubble decomposing, spreading disease

Gaza civil defense agency warns of a looming health disaster in the besieged Strip as the decomposition of dead bodies, remaining trapped under the rubble of buildings destroyed by the relentless Israeli bombings, accelerates.

The death toll from Israel’s genocidal campaign against Gaza has risen to 34,568 since October 7 while 77,765 others have also been wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza . Among the dead are more than 14,500 children and 9,500 women.

However, the actual death toll is believed to be much higher as thousands remain under rubble.

The government media office in Gaza recently reported that nearly 90,000 housing units have been destroyed while nearly 300,000 others have been damaged by the Israeli air and ground offensive.

Moreover, the Gaza civil defense agency on Tuesday warned of a looming health disaster and epidemics in the besieged Strip as the decomposition of thousands of dead bodies under the rubble of buildings destroyed by the relentless Israeli bombings accelerates due to rising temperature.

Seven months into the war, the Geneva-based Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor warned earlier that the decomposition of dead bodies for long periods leads to the transmission of serious diseases, including blood-borne viruses and tuberculosis.

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