With the Israeli genocide war on Gaza entering its 312th day, the Israeli occupation army intensified its airstrikes and artillery shelling on various parts of the Gaza Strip. They increased the demolition of residential buildings and targeting of populated areas and shelters in Khan Yunis. The artillery renewed its shelling of populated areas and shelter centers to force their inhabitants to evacuate again, targeting what remains of buildings, homes, and schools that were not previously targeted.
This comes amidst ongoing battles between Palestinian resistance and the Israeli occupation army in Khan Yunis and clashes in other areas of the Strip.
The Ministry of Health in Gaza stated that the Israeli occupation army committed two massacres against families in the Gaza Strip in the past 24 hours. The victims reached 32 martyrs and 88 injured in hospitals, while some victims remain under the rubble or in the streets where ambulance crews cannot reach them.
More than 10000 Missing Persons
The Ministry of Health in its daily update today, Tuesday, August 13, 2024, announced an increase in the number of victims of the genocide war to 39,929 martyrs and 92,240 injured. This number does not include the unidentified martyrs and missing persons. The number of missing persons has reached more than ten thousand, according to the Palestinian Government Media Office.
More massacres
As the Israeli airstrikes continue, the Israeli occupation army committed a massacre against a family in Al-Bureij camp in the middle of the Gaza Strip, resulting in the martyrdom of 7 Palestinians after their house was bombed.
In Deir Al-Balah in the middle of the Strip, 4 Palestinians, including two children, were martyred as a result of Israeli shelling on the Qastal Towers east of the city.
Martyrs and wounded were also reported to have been transferred to the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital as a result of Israeli shelling targeting a café next to the Global Kitchen headquarters in Al-Azzayza in Deir Al-Balah.
The Civil Defense confirmed the retrieval of 7 martyrs from the Abu Shareef family as a result of Israeli shelling targeting a group of Palestinians in Wadi Al-Salkha east of Deir Al-Balah.
The Civil Defense warned that its teams are facing extreme difficulty in extracting martyrs and injured individuals, explaining that they are moving on foot with simple manual equipment and animal-drawn carts to carry out their duties, stating in a statement: "This is a disgrace to humanity."
In the Maghazi camp, two Palestinians were killed and several others were injured as a result of an Israeli shelling on an apartment in a house belonging to the "Druish" family in the east of the camp.
Destroying residential homes
In the Maghraqa area north of the Nusairat camp, Israeli airstrikes this afternoon resulted in the destruction of entire residential blocks, the killing of martyrs, and the injury of other Palestinians.
The situation is the same in Khan Yunis in the south of the Gaza Strip, where the Israeli occupation continues to destroy residential homes in its aerial raids on the town of al-Qarara northeast of the city.
The number of martyrs has risen to 10, including children, following an Israeli shelling that targeted a house in the town of Abasan east of the city.
At the same time, fierce battles continue between Palestinian resistance factions and Israeli occupation soldiers in neighborhoods where Israeli vehicles advance, causing more losses among occupation soldiers.
Sniping soldier and targeting Israeli forces
The Al-Qassam Brigades announced the targeting of Israeli forces in the northeast of Khan Yunis with mortar shells in coordination with the Al-Quds Brigades, and broadcasted images of a sniper operation that led to the killing of a soldier in the Zana area in coordination with the Al-Quds Brigades.
The Al-Qassam Brigades also confirmed that its fighters in western Rafah in the south of the sector succeeded in sniping an Israeli soldier with a "Gol" rifle in the Tall al-Sultan neighborhood.
Trapping Occupation Soldiers
On the other hand, the Al-Quds Brigades announced that its fighters in the al-Qarara area north of Khan Yunis city trapped occupation soldiers and their vehicles in a field of highly explosive mines and improvised explosive devices, confirming casualties among them.
In the Tall al-Sultan neighborhood west of Rafah city, the Al-Quds Brigades announced that its fighters, in coordination with the Al-Qassam Brigades, destroyed a "Merkava 4- Baz" tank using a highly explosive guided bomb at the Abu Ayyash intersection.
