Overnight Israeli airstrikes killed at least 60 in besieged Gaza, with dozens more wounded. The Israeli army claimed to have eliminated four “terrorists” in Khan Younes in Gaza.
Gaza Health Ministry said Saturday that Israeli strikes overnight killed at least 60 people, with dozens more wounded, in the besieged territory.
Witnesses in the Gaza Strip reported Israeli bombardment in the early morning. Intense shelling and air strikes hit the Palestinian territory’s south overnight.
The Israeli army said its forces had struck dozens of rocket launchers that were “ready to be used” in central Gaza, and eliminated four “terrorists” in air strikes on Khan Younes, Gaza’s major southern city, near Rafah.
At Rafah’s Al-Najjar Hospital, mourners gathered and prayed around the bodies of slain relatives. One man held the body of a child, wrapped in white cloth, ahead of burial.
Internet and telecommunications services were cut Friday as a result of Israeli bombardment, the main operator Paltel said, reporting the latest such disruption.
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The Palestinian Red Crescent posted that the outage was increasing the challenges in “reaching the wounded and injured promptly.”
Winter rains have exacerbated the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza, where the UN estimates 1.9 million, nearly 85 percent of the population, have been displaced. Many have sought shelter in Rafah and other southern areas.
Israel’s relentless bombardment of Gaza since Hamas’s October 7 attack has killed at least 23,843 people, mostly women and children, according to an updated toll on Saturday from the Gaza Health Ministry.
Katrine Dige Houmøller, with AFP
