GAZA CITY – At least 16 civilians were killed Saturday evening as Israeli airstrikes targeted a residence in Khan Yunis and an UNRWA school in the central Gaza Strip, WAFA reported quoting local sources.
The sources reported that the Israeli military targeted a house in Khan Yunis housing a large number of displaced individuals, resulting in the tragic deaths of at least 12 civilians and injuries to 50 others with varying degrees of severity.
Furthermore, Israeli warplanes struck a UNRWA school in the Mughazi refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, leading to the death of at least 4 individuals, including a woman.
The attack extended to the use of quadcopter drones firing intensively at homes and streets in the Mughazi camp.
Simultaneously, Israeli military aircraft executed a fiery assault near the Sekka street west of the camp, accompanied by intense artillery fire from
Israeli forces stationed near the camp’s entrance on Salah al-Din Street.
Simultaneously, eyewitnesses reported a fire breaking out east of the neighboring Nuseirat camp due to the sustained Israeli airstrikes.
Local sources also indicated that Israeli warplanes carried out fierce airstrikes on the Tel al-Zaatar area and the city of Deir al-Balah, resulting in casualties.
Concurrently, Israeli naval vessels heavily fired west of Deir al-Balah.
