GAZA, Jul 9 (NNN-XINHUA) – At least 60 Palestinians, including six freed prisoners and a paramedic, were killed, in Israeli airstrikes and gunfire across Gaza yesterday, according to Palestinian sources.
Six people were killed by Israeli shelling on two tents, housing displaced persons in Khan Younis, southern Gaza and the town of al-Zawaidain, central Gaza, Spokesperson for the Civil Defence in Gaza, Mahmoud Basal, told Xinhua.
Hamas said in a press statement that, the six were prisoners released from Israeli prisons and deported from the West Bank to Gaza.
West of Gaza City, an Israeli airstrike on a gathering of Palestinians in the al-Rimal neighbourhood killed six people, including two children and two women, and an Israeli airstrike on a house in the Tal al-Hawa neighbourhood killed four, including an infant, Basal said.
Five people were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a house in al-Tuffah, east of Gaza City, whereas three were killed, when a bomb dropped by an Israeli drone hit a residential area in the al-Zeitoun neighbourhood, south of Gaza City, Basal said, adding that, two people, including a child, were killed in an Israeli bombing on al-Tuffah and Sheikh Radwan neighbourhoods.
A vehicle bombing in the city of Deir al-Balah, central Gaza, killed two people, Basal added.
Meanwhile, Nasser Medical Complex reported in a brief press statement, 25 Palestinians were killed since dawn yesterday, as a result of separate airstrikes on the Al-Mawasi area, west of Khan Younis.
A paramedic was also killed while performing his duty as a result of Israeli shelling on Al-Mawasi, according to Palestinian medical sources.
Six Palestinians, including three children, were killed by Israeli army fire near a U.S.-backed aid distribution centre in north of Rafah, southern Gaza, said the sources.
As usual, there was no immediate comment from the Israeli side on these incidents.
Since Israel resumed its military campaign in Gaza on Mar 18, at least 7,013 Palestinians have been killed and 24,838 others injured, bringing the overall death toll in Gaza since the conflict began in Oct, 2023, to 57,575, with a total of 136,879 people injured, according to data released yesterday by the health authorities in Gaza.– NNN-XINHUA
