Medical sources and eyewitnesses reported that the Israeli occupation army launched a series of intensive airstrikes last night, the most violent since the beginning of the genocide 20 months ago. The raids targeted more than 11 homes, roads, vehicles, and displaced persons' tents in several areas in the towns of Jabalia and Beit Lahia, north of the Gaza Strip.
Palestinian Civil Defense spokesman in Gaza, Mahmoud Basal, reported on Friday that "50 martyrs have been recovered from the Israeli bombing, and more than 50 others are under the rubble of homes. There are areas that ambulance crews have not yet been able to reach."
Basal added that the Israeli occupation forces bombed 11 inhabited homes in the northern Gaza Strip, targeting paramedics as they attempted to rescue the wounded and recover the bodies of those killed in the recent violent raids.
He pointed out that the bodies of martyrs killed by Israeli airstrikes are still lying on the streets of the towns of Beit Lahia and Jabalia, the Jabalia refugee camp, and the town of Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip, and that rescue crews are unable to reach them due to the intensity of the shelling.
Eyewitnesses said that a large number of martyrs' bodies arrived at the Indonesian Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip, many of them after being transported by civilians . Most ambulances and civil defense vehicles were out of service due to Israel's blocking of fuel supplies to the Strip and its targeting of most rescue vehicles since the beginning of the genocide.
The Palestinian News Agency (WAFA) reported that the occupation launched its bombardment of the Gaza Strip using warplanes, helicopters, reconnaissance planes, and naval boats.
She confirmed that the bombing included an Israeli advance into the town of Beit Lahia and the kidnapping of Palestinians from a shelter.
Medical sources also announced the deaths of 10 Palestinians, including children and women, as they fled the northern areas. Eight others were killed in a bombing that targeted Ezbet Abd Rabbo east of Jabalia.
Heavy raids on the entire Gaza Strip
In the southern Gaza Strip, WAFA reported that displaced families were seen last night under intense shelling from the Al-Qarara area, north of Khan Yunis.
An Israeli airstrike targeting a house in the town of Al-Fakhari, east of the city, killed two Palestinians and injured others. Two other Palestinians were killed, and others were injured or missing when the occupation forces bombed a house in the town of Al-Qarara.
Quadcopters also dropped indiscriminate bombs on civilian gatherings in Al-Qarara, Al-Sutr, and the outskirts of Hamad Town, followed by artillery shelling.
The central governorate also witnessed an escalation in the frequency of airstrikes and artillery attacks. Israeli warplanes launched four airstrikes on the Deir al-Balah area, amid ongoing artillery shelling.
Since October 7, 2023, Israel, with full American support, has been committing genocide in Gaza, leaving approximately 173,000 Palestinians dead or wounded, most of them children and women, and more than 11,000 missing.
