A Palestinian youth stands on rubble close to tents housing internally displaced people, erected in the square near the Deir al-Balah municipality building, destroyed following Israeli bombardment of Deir al-Balah, in central Gaza. AFP
Israeli soldiers killed at least 11 Palestinians and injured 40 others while targeting tents housing displaced people in the Al-Mawassi area west of Rafah in southern Gaza, according to WAFA.
Airstrikes also targeted several other areas in southern Gaza including the municipality of Shoka, east of Rafah, killing several more people.
Israeli soldiers rained bullets on a group of Palestinian civilians walking along the coastal Rashid Street west of the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza.
Palestinians injured by Israeli bullets injuries were rushed to Al-Aqsa Hospital in nearby Deir al-Balah, according to WAFA.
Palestinian women grieve as they bid farewell to a relative, the day after a strike on the al-Mawassi area, northwest of the Palestinian city of Rafah. AFP
Civil defence volunteers carry the body of one of those killed during the Israeli bombardment of the Nuseirat refugee camp, during his funeral at the Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir el-Balah. AFP
Israeli fighter planes targeted residential buildings in the Shujaiya neighbourhood in northern Gaza.
Israeli soldiers also continued their on-ground assault in the neighbourhood, under the cover of the fighter jets.
Several casualties were reported, and those injured in the strikes were transported to Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City.
Israeli artillery shells also hit the Sheikh Ajleen neighbourhood in northern Gaza. No casualties were reported, but several buildings were damaged.
People run for cover as smoke billows over the Gaza City's eastern suburb of Shujaiya following Israeli bombardment. AFP
The Israeli army also admitted to targetting schools and civilian structures in northern Gaza, claiming “dozens of terrorists who were hiding in UNRWA schools and facilities were eliminated.”
Israel's war on Gaza has killed at least 37,765 people and wounded more than 84,000, mostly women and children.
A man walks past the remains of destroyed tents the day after a strike on the al-Mawassi area, northwest of the Palestinian city of Rafah. AFP
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