9 Palestinians killed in Israeli strike on market in central Gaza
At least nine Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli airstrike on a crowded marketplace in Deir al-Balah.
Tuesday reports said the market is in a street near the al-Birka roundabout.
Several other Palestinians, mostly children, also sustained injuries in the drone attack on the very busy area, which has been classified by the Israeli military as a so-called “civilian safe zone.”
According to a report by Al-Jazeera, the wounded suffered critical injuries.
“We are not allowed to enter the hospital. You barely have the space to walk because of the amount of blood, bodies and children on the floor. There was no warning, no sign that there is going to be a target, and this is the main reason why there are so many casualties. Most of those wounded in Israel’s Deir el-Balah market strike are children,” Al-Jazeera reporter Hind Khoudary said.
She further said that the wounded were taken to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, which has been suffering from the lack of medical supplies for months.
“Since Israeli forces took over the Philadelphi Corridor, there have been no supplies entering the Strip,” Khoudary added.
Earlier in the day, an Israel’s attack on Mustafa Hafez School in Gaza killed at least 12 Palestinians.
Israel launched its barbaric campaign of genocide in Gaza on October 7, 2023, after Palestinian resistance groups conducted surprise Operation Al-Aqsa Storm into the occupied territories.
The regime has had in place a near-total siege on the coastal territory, which has reduced to a trickle the flow of foodstuffs, medicine, electricity, and water into the Palestinian territory.
So far, Israel has killed more than 40,000 Gazans, most of them women, children, and adolescents.
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