The Israeli aggression war on the besieged Gaza Strip entered its 278th day, with the Zionist occupation forces continuing to commit genocide in Gaza through dozens of air strikes, artillery shelling, and bloody massacres against civilians.
The following are the highlights of the latest developments:
The occupation army continues its aggression on Gaza, where tens of Palestinians, mostly children, were killed and injured in air strikes and artillery shelling early Wednesday targeting the Nusseirat camp and Gaza City.
The Palestinian news agency reported that 8 citizens, including 6 children, were killed and 10 others, including women, were injured in an Israeli raid targeting houses in the Nusseirat camp in central Gaza.
Meanwhile, the Gaza Health Ministry's emergency services reported that at least 10 citizens were injured in an Israeli air strike on Victory Street, and in a residential apartment on Victory Street near the Al-Ayoun Hospital in northern Gaza City.
The occupation artillery renewed its shelling of areas southwest of Gaza City, injuring many citizens, including children and women, while a similar strike targeted the Muslim Women Association inside the Jasmine building in Gaza City.
Medical sources also reported the killing of 4 citizens and the injury of others in an attack by the occupation on a house on Salah al-Din Street north of Nusseirat in central Gaza.
The sources added that at least two citizens were killed and 6 others were injured in a raid targeting a house in the town of Bani Suhaila east of Khan Younis.
A correspondent from Al-Jazeera reported the death of 3 displaced persons in a fire that broke out inside a tent in the town of Abassan east of Khan Younis.
The occupation army orders the evacuation of Gaza City
The occupation army on Wednesday demanded that the residents of Gaza City evacuate to Deir al-Balah and Az-Zawayda in central Gaza, threatening that Gaza City "will remain a dangerous combat zone".
The army, in leaflets dropped by its aircraft in various areas of Gaza, said: To all those in Gaza City, the safe passage will enable you to pass quickly and without inspection from Gaza City to shelters in Deir al-Balah and Az-Zawayda.
Despite claiming that they are safe areas, the occupation army continues to target areas in Deir al-Balah and Az-Zawayda, resulting in the killing and injuring of Palestinians, according to Al-Jazeera Net.
52 martyrs in 4 massacres
The occupation committed 4 massacres against families in Gaza, leaving 52 martyrs and 208 injuries in hospitals over the past 24 hours.
The death toll from the Zionist aggression has risen to 38,295 martyrs and 88,241 injuries since October 7, according to the Health Ministry.
"Hamas": Heinous crimes against our prisoners in occupation prisons
The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) confirmed that the horrifying testimonies given by released detainees, and the visible signs of brutal practices on their bodies, as well as the condition of the recently released detainees, journalist Muaadh Amarna and athlete Muath Abu Yat, confirm the extent of serious violations and heinous crimes committed in prisons and detention centers.
The movement stated in a press release today, Wednesday, that what the prisoner Moaz Abu Ayyad mentioned about the terrorist Ben Ghafeer participating in brutal torture operations confirms the level of sadism he carries, along with members of this government immersed in extremism and fascism. It emphasized that what our prisoners are exposed to in occupation prisons far exceeds all the brutality that detainees in Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib prisons endure, confirming that the occupation government and its army are unethical, and that they have flouted all agreements and international laws regarding the treatment of prisoners.
Hamas emphasized that this criminal behavior of the Nazi occupation government requires immediate intervention from the international community, the International Court of Justice, the United Nations, and its institutions. It also calls for the formation of committees to inspect these detention centers and investigate the violations committed therein. Therefore, war criminals from the occupation leaders must be brought to international justice and held accountable for these crimes.
It called on the sons of our Palestinian people in occupied Jerusalem and the West Bank to escalate their clashes with the occupation soldiers and settlers in support of our prisoners, until their liberation and the breaking of the criminal occupation's shackles on them and on our land and sanctities.
"UNRWA": "Israel" bombed two-thirds of our schools
The Commissioner of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA), Felipe Lazarini, stated today, Wednesday, that "Israel" has bombed two-thirds of the agency's schools since the start of the war on Gaza on October 7th last year. He stated that Gaza, 4 schools were bombed in the past four days, and added: since the start of the war, two-thirds of "UNRWA" schools in Gaza have been bombed, some completely destroyed, and many have suffered extensive damage.
Lazarini confirmed that the schools have turned from safe places for education and hope for children into crowded shelters, often ending up being places of death and misery.
Prominent resistance operations
The Palestinian resistance continues to confront the invading Zionist forces on several fronts in Gaza. The Al-Qassam Brigades announced today, Wednesday that its fighters managed to ambush an Israeli foot force after detonating two anti-personnel (TV) mines as soon as the force reached the ambush. All members of the force were either killed or wounded in the Tal al-Hawa neighborhood in Gaza City, with several helicopters landing to evacuate them.
The Al-Qassam Brigades also announced that our fighters were able to snipe an Israeli soldier in the industrial area of Tal Al-Hawa neighborhood west of Gaza City.
They also managed to detonate an anti-personnel mine in an Israeli engineering foot patrol force, resulting in casualties near the Mosque of Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq in the Brazil neighborhood, east of Rafah city in the southern sector.
The Al-Quds Brigades announced the detonation of 3 Israeli military vehicles with pre-planted landmines in the Tal Al-Hawa neighborhood of Gaza City, stating that they targeted the enemy's invading forces in the Tal Al-Hawa neighborhood west of Gaza City with mortar shells, achieving direct hits on them.
They added that they shelled a gathering of soldiers and vehicles of the Zionist enemy in the vicinity of the Mandar area in the Shuja'iya neighborhood east of Gaza City.
The killing of a Zionist soldier from the "Commandos" unit
The occupation army announced on Wednesday the killing of a soldier from the special unit "Commandos" in battles in the central Gaza Strip.
The army said in a statement: Major Tal Lahat (21 years old) from the "Maglan" unit - part of the "Commandos" formation, was killed in a battle in the middle of the Gaza Strip; bringing the total number of soldiers killed to 681, including 325 in ground battles in the Gaza Strip since October 27 last year, according to army data.
Zionist delegation heading to Doha
Hebrew media reported that Mossad chief David Berneir, Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar, and army hostage office head Gal Hirsch will travel to the Qatari capital, Doha, today, Wednesday, for talks on the prisoner exchange deal, amid "Israeli" reports that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu deliberately thwarted reaching a deal.
While the agency quoted a participant in the exchange negotiations as saying: The current opportunity to reach an exchange deal may not be repeated, the newspaper "Yedioth Ahronoth" reported that the parties involved will try to summarize the issues in which progress has been made and resolve as many disputes as possible.
This comes amidst reports of the participation of CIA Director William Burns, Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, and Egyptian intelligence chief Abbas Kamel, according to Al Jazeera website.
Testimonies of Zionist soldiers documenting occupation army crimes
The website "+972", based in Tel Aviv, published testimonies of 6 soldiers about the massacres committed by the occupation army against civilians in Gaza, according to Anadolu.
The soldiers said: The army routinely executes Palestinian civilians for entering areas it considers restricted zones, and added that the bodies of dead civilians are left to rot and be eaten by stray animals, and they pointed out that the army hid these bodies before international aid convoys arrived.
Two of the soldiers mentioned witnessing a policy of burning Palestinian homes systematically after occupation.
A soldier who participated in attacks in Gaza said: If there is a feeling of threat, there is no need for explanation, just shoot, according to the same source, and the soldier explained how Palestinian civilians were targeted, saying: Even anyone looking at the soldiers from the window was regarded as a suspect and shot at.
Another soldier added that the "Israeli" army fired intensively in seemingly abandoned places without reason, and said that such orders come directly from field leaders, sometimes happening even if there is no order from higher levels.
Another soldier talked about the method used in the war on Gaza: Hit first, ask questions later, that was the consensus, if we destroy a house without cause or shoot someone when we are not forced to do so, then no one will shed tears.
