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PALESTINE – Since the early hours of Thursday, over 35 Palestinians were reported killed and many others injured by Israeli attacks and gunfire across the Gaza Strip.
Israeli army shelled a house in the Al-Zawayda town of the central Gaza Strip, killing 11 people and injuring many others. Several civilians are still trapped under the rubble.
In Khan Younis, four people were killed and several others injured in an Israeli airstrike on a house near the Jordanian Field Hospital.
Another Palestinian lost his life to an Israeli drone strike in Bani Suheila, east of Khan Younis.
Several Palestinians were injured when the Israeli army struck houses in Gaza City’s Al-Tuffah neighborhood and Nuseirat refugee camp.
Israeli Soldier Killed in Gaza City
Another Israeli soldier was killed in the northern Gaza Strip, the army said on Thursday.
A military statement said that Staff Sergeant Chalachew Shimon Demalash, 21, died from injuries sustained in sniper fire in Gaza City.
He is the second Israeli soldier killed in Gaza City after the Israeli army launched its assault on the city on Aug. 11 from the Zeitoun neighborhood in the southeast, under a plan to gradually reoccupy the enclave.
The campaign, later dubbed “Gideon’s Chariots 2,” has involved house demolitions with booby-trapped robots, artillery shelling, random gunfire, and mass displacement.
His death brought the number of Israeli soldiers killed in the Gaza Strip to 912 since Oct. 2023, where 6,274 others were injured, according to the military toll.
Gaza War Death Toll
At least 65,502 Palestinians have been killed in Israel’s genocidal war on the Gaza Strip since October 2023, the Health Ministry said on Thursday.
A ministry statement said that 83 bodies were brought to hospitals in the last 24 hours, while 216 people were injured, taking the number of injuries to 167,376 in the Israeli onslaught.
“Many victims are still trapped under the rubble and on the roads as rescuers are unable to reach them,” it added.
The ministry also noted that seven Palestinians were killed and 50 others injured by Israeli army fire while trying to get humanitarian aid in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of Palestinians killed while seeking aid to 2,538, with over 18,581 others wounded since May 27.
