48 Palestinians, Including Aid Recipients, Killed in Fresh Israeli Airstrikes and Shootings Across Gaza
Attacks on Homes and Aid Queues from Jabalia to Khan Yunis Deepen Humanitarian Catastrophe.
Watan-Since dawn on Wednesday, 48 Palestinians—including 15 people waiting for humanitarian aid—have been martyred and dozens more wounded in Israeli airstrikes and live fire across the Gaza Strip.
These attacks come amid catastrophic humanitarian conditions in the territory, the result of what Palestinians and many international observers describe as a genocidal campaign by Israel that has now lasted 21 months.
According to medical sources and eyewitnesses, Israeli forces targeted both homes and aid queues, causing fatalities and injuries in the northern, central, and southern parts of the Strip.
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Northern Gaza: In Jabalia, an Israeli airstrike on a house killed four Palestinians and wounded others. Earlier strikes on Gaza City killed five more.
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Khan Yunis (South): Two Palestinians were martyred and others injured when their home in the Mawasi area west of Khan Yunis was bombed. Twelve displaced people in three separate tent encampments were also killed in strikes across the same area.
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Central Gaza: In central Khan Yunis, five civilians were martyred in two separate air raids on gatherings, and two bodies were later recovered from the eastern neighborhoods.
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Deir al-Balah: Five Palestinians were killed when an airstrike struck a civilian gathering.
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Live Fire on Aid Lines: Ten Palestinians were shot dead and over 50 wounded by Israeli forces firing live ammunition at aid recipients on Salah al-Din Street, south of Wadi Gaza, and along the Nitzarim axis.
On Tuesday, Gaza’s Ministry of Health reported that, since the start of the US-Israeli “humanitarian mechanism” on May 27, some 600 Palestinians have been killed and 4,278 injured at aid distribution points. The UN and major relief organizations have refused to coordinate with this Israeli-American “Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.”
In Gaza City’s al-Tuffah neighborhood, eight Palestinians were injured when an Israeli airstrike struck an apartment in the al-Mushahera area. Al-Tuffah and al-Zaytoun districts also came under heavy shelling and airstrikes overnight.
Since October 7, 2023, Israel—backed by unconditional US support—is accused of committing genocide in Gaza, leaving approximately 191,000 Palestinians dead or injured (most of them women and children), over 11,000 missing, and hundreds of thousands displaced.
