The Israeli forces continued their comprehensive war on Gaza for the 16th day, committing new massacres against civilians in the besieged strip, especially in the south. According to the latest reports, 163 Palestinians have been killed since dawn on Sunday.
The toll of the Israeli aggression on Gaza rose to 4,741 killed, including more than 1,873 children and 1,023 women. More than 14,000 were wounded.
In the occupied West Bank, the number of killed since Operation Al-Aqsa Flood rose to 90 after 6 Palestinians were killed by bullets from the Israeli forces in Jenin, Nablus, and Hebron.
On the other hand, more than 1,400 Israelis were killed. The Israeli Ministry of Defence announced on Sunday that 1,210 officers and soldiers have been disabled since the beginning of the war on 7 October.
Meanwhile, the Al-Qassam Brigades, the military arm of Hamas, announced that it had ambushed an Israeli armored force east of Khan Yunis after it crossed the border fence for several meters and destroyed a tank and two bulldozers.
“Our fighters clashed with the infiltrating force, destroyed two bulldozers and a tank, and forced the enemy to withdraw. Our fighters confirm that the soldiers of the Zionist force that fell into the Khan Yunis ambush left their vehicles and fled east of the fence on foot,” Al-Qassam said.
The Al-Qassam Brigades also launched a strike with dozens of rockets on Netivot, in response to the Israeli massacres against civilians in Gaza.
Israeli media reported that two settlers were injured – one of them severely – as a result of a missile being fired from Gaza at Netivot. The Israeli army said that Palestinian gunmen opened fire on its forces west of the Gaza Strip border fence in the Kissufim area, east of Khan Yunis.
The Israeli army added that one of its tanks attacked the group that opened fire on the soldiers in Kissufim. Israeli media reported that 4 soldiers were injured – one of them critically – in the clashes near Kissufim.
On the northern front, Hezbollah bombed the military sites of the Israeli army, which responded with artillery and vehicles. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatened Lebanon and Hezbollah with “unimaginable destruction.” The Israeli army said that its air defences intercepted a drone launched from Lebanese territory toward Israel.
The government media office announced that 50% of the housing units in Gaza were completely or partially damaged as a result of the Israeli raids. It also said that 70% of the population of Gaza (1.5 million citizens) was forcibly displaced from their homes.
The office indicated that 31 mosques were destroyed and 3 churches were seriously damaged since the start of the aggression.
The UNRWA said it was shocked after confirming that 29 of its employees had been killed in Gaza since October 7. It also warned that fuel would soon run out in Gaza and stressed that the humanitarian response would stop if fuel was not available.
The Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian said that the region had become like a powder keg as a result of the war in Gaza. He warned Washington and Israel that all possibilities were possible if crimes against civilians in Gaza did not stop.
The Iranian minister stressed his country’s rejection of Israel’s policy of forced displacement in Gaza.
