Gaza City: Two Palestinians, including a journalist, were killed and several others injured on Sunday as Israeli airstrikes targeted northern Gaza and the southern city of Rafah. Local sources reported that writer and journalist Mohammad Hijazi was killed in the strikes on northern Gaza. Civil defense teams later recovered the body of another victim in the Musabah area, north of Rafah, following heavy Israeli bombardment.
According to Palestine News and Information Agency – WAFA, Israeli warplanes also bombed an area near the bike market in the Qizan Rashwan region, south of Khan Younis, coinciding with intense shelling across various parts of the province.
The ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza since October 2023 has so far resulted in at least 45,717 documented Palestinian fatalities, with over 108,856 others injured. Thousands of victims are feared trapped under rubble, inaccessible to emergency and civil defense teams due to Israeli attacks.
Israel’s attacks continue despite calls from the UN Security Council for an immediate ceasefire and directives from the International Court of Justice urging measures to prevent genocide and alleviate the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza.