PALESTINE – Renewed Israeli air attacks on Gaza Strip have killed at least 8 Palestinians on Tuesday, inflating the already bloated death toll to over 52,908.
A medical source said three family members lost their lives in Israeli shelling of a tent sheltering displaced civilians in the northern town of Beit Lahia.
A young Palestinian also died of his wounds sustained in an earlier Israeli strike in the Shejaiya neighborhood in Gaza City.
Another civilian was killed and two others were injured in a drone strike in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, medics said.
One more Palestinian was injured in a similar Israeli strike in the Bureij refugee camp.
Two more people were killed, including a journalist, in Israeli bombardment of the Nasser Hospital in the southern city of Khan Younis, a medical source said.
Gaza’s Interior Ministry also said that a police commander was killed in an Israeli strike in Khan Younis at dawn.
The Israeli artillery repeatedly shelled the Al-Tuffah and Shejaiya neighborhoods of eastern Gaza City amid intense gunfire from military vehicles, according to witnesses.
Meanwhile, the army continued its systematic home demolitions in eastern Gaza City and Rafah in southern Gaza, witnesses said.
Current Death Toll in Gaza Strip
At least 52,908 Palestinians have been killed in Israel’s genocidal war since October 2023, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday.
A ministry statement said that 46 people were killed in Israeli attacks in the enclave in the last 24 hours, while 73 others were injured, taking the number of injuries to 119,721 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.
