The Israeli barbaric war of genocide against Gaza has entered its 223rd day, amid the Zionist occupation forces continuing to commit a genocidal war in the Gaza Strip, by launching dozens of air strikes, artillery shelling, and bloody massacres against civilians.
More massacres for Civilians
- More than 30 Palestinians, including 10 children, were martyred as the occupation targeted families in Gaza City (Palestinian News Agency).
- 4 Palestinians were martyred as a result of a bombing that targeted a house south of Rafah, and another Palestinian was martyred in a bombing that targeted the Al-Awda Roundabout area in the center of the city (Palestinian News Agency).
- 4 Palestinians, including a pregnant woman, were killed in a raid launched by occupation aircraft that targeted a house in Jabalia Camp (Palestinian News Agency).
- 5 martyrs due to “Israeli” bombing of a house in Khan Yunis (Al Jazeera).
Rise in Martyrs
The Ministry of Health in Gaza announced that the death toll in the Strip had risen to 35,272, and injuries to 79,205, since the start of the occupation’s aggression on October 7.
The Ministry said, in a press statement: The occupation committed 4 massacres against families in the Gaza Strip, resulting in the death of 39 citizens and the injury of 64 others, during the past 24 hours.
For its part, the Palestinian Red Crescent said on Thursday: More than 15,000 children have been martyred since the start of the aggression on the Gaza Strip.
Fierce battles in Jabalia, and destroying more than 10 Israeli vehicles
The Palestinian resistance continues to confront the Zionist forces invading several areas of Gaza, as it announced, today, Wednesday, several qualitative operations, most notably:
Al-Qassam Brigades
- A Zionist troop carrier was destroyed by a “Al-Yassin 105” missile, leaving its crew dead and wounded in the “Block 2” area of Jabalia camp, north of the Gaza Strip.
- Destruction of a “Merkvah 4” tank penetrating east of the city of Jabalia with a “Shawaz” device, leaving its crew dead and wounded.
- Targeting a Zionist “Merkvah” tank with an “Al-Yassin 105” shell, south of the project junction, east of the city of Rafah.
- Attacking the rear lines of the forces penetrating east of the city of Jabalia, and detonating two “D9” bulldozers with a “Tandum” shell and a guerrilla action device.
- 4 “D9” military bulldozers and a “Markvah” tank were targeted with “Al-Yassin 105” shells east of Jabalia.
A Zionist soldier sniped with a “Ghoul” rifle inside a house in the Ard al-Shawi area, east of the city of Rafah
– Targeting a “D9” military bulldozer with a “Al-Yassin 105” shell in the Al-Tanour neighborhood, east of Rafah.
- In a joint operation with the "Jerusalem Brigades", a clash occurred with a Zionist force at the Abu Zeitoun junction in the Jabalia camp, north of Gaza, resulting in deaths and injuries among Israeli occupation members.
– Targeting the enemy’s command and control headquarters near the occupied “Kerm Abu Salem” settlement, east of the city of Rafah, with a 107-caliber rocket salvo.
- Two "Mirkvah4" tanks were blown up with two Shawaz charges, east of the city of Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip
- 3 “Merkvah 4” tanks were targeted with “Al-Yassin 105” shells east of the city of Jabalia.
Losses of the occupation forces
The occupation army announced that 5 soldiers were killed and 16 others were injured in the bombing of a building in the Jabalia area yesterday, Wednesday.
The army said: The dead and wounded soldiers were killed in an accidental exchange of fire between two “Israeli” forces, according to what Al Jazeera reported.
Thus, the number of deaths among the ranks of the occupation army since the seventh of last October has risen to 627 officers and soldiers, including 289 who were killed since the start of the ground operation of the occupation forces in the Gaza Strip.
The occupation army also reported that 15 soldiers were injured during the past 24 hours, including 11 who were injured in the Gaza battles.
Gaza Floating Port
Today, Thursday, Washington announced the completion of the construction of the Gaza floating port on the shores of the Strip.
The US Central Command (Centcom) said in a statement: The United States has installed anchors to connect the Gaza floating port to the Gaza Strip’s shore, as part of a mission to deliver humanitarian aid to Palestinian civilians.
They added that trucks carrying humanitarian aid are expected to begin moving from the beach in the coming days, and that the United Nations will undertake the task of distributing them in the Strip, stressing that no American forces have entered Gaza, according to what was reported by the Al-Araby Al-Jadeed website.
Canadian Judiciary Backs Pro-Palestine Camp.
Anadolu Agency reported that the Canadian judiciary in the province of Quebec issued a judicial order refusing to remove a pro-Palestinian camp at McGill University.
Judge Mark Pierre said, “There is no evidence to support the allegation that the removal of the camp located on the front lawn of McGill University has become an urgent need.”
He pointed out “No serious incident or violence has been recorded since the first tent was erected on the university campus.”
