Israeli attacks kill dozens of Palestinians in Gaza
SECURITY: PALESTINE-ISRAEL ATTACKS
DUBAI, December 29. /TASS/. Dozens of Palestinians, mostly women and children, were killed in Israeli attacks on various areas of the Gaza Strip in the past 24 hours, Palestinian news agency Wafa reported.
According to Wafa, 11 people were killed and dozens injured in an attack on the Al-Fukhari district, east of the city of Khan Yunis. At least 20 people were killed in an attack on a residential building in the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.
Israeli aircraft also carried out attacks on the Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza, killing 14 civilians.
According to Gaza's Ministry of Health, over 21,300 people have been killed and more than 55,600 sustained injuries in the enclave since October 7.
Tensions in the Middle East rose again on October 7 after militants from the radical Palestinian group Hamas launched a surprise incursion into Israeli territory from the Gaza Strip, killing residents of border communities and killing about 200 people, including women, children and older people were taken away. Hostage. Hamas described its attack as a response to the Israeli authorities' aggressive crackdown on the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem's Old City. Israel announced a full blockade of the Gaza Strip and began retaliatory strikes on targets in the Gaza Strip as well as certain areas in Lebanon and Syria. There are also clashes in the West Bank.
ТАСС 12/29/2023, 06:53 MSK