At Least 10 Palestinians Killed in Fresh Israeli Strikes on Tuesday

Dr. Moawiya Hassanen, head of the Emergency Unit at the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza, reported that the Israeli Air Force carried out further air strikes on Tuesday at dawn and killed 10 Palestinians. The Isreali Army also shelled medics trying to evacuate casualties, injuries were reported. The Gaza death toll is has increased to more than 360 in less than four days, nearly 1700 Palestinians have been wounded.

Children Wounded - Image by Watan News Agency

The Israeli air strikes targeted the Ministries Compound behind the Islamic University, a former base of the Palestinian Preventive Security in Tal al-Hawa.  The Israeli air raids also demolished a Navy base west of Gaza, the Qassam Brigades center east of al-Zeitoon neighborhood in Gaza City, a civilian vehicle in al-Jala’ street north of Gaza City, a blacksmith workshop in the center of Gaza, and a house which belongs to one of the leaders of the al-Qassam Brigades in northern Gaza, amongst several other targets.

Also, Israeli Apache helicopters fired two missiles at a center which belongs to the Popular Resistance Committees, west of Gaza City. The shelling took place after Israeli announced that two Israelis were killed in southern Israel at midnight.

On Monday evening, seven Palestinians were killed and several others were wounded when the Israeli air force shelled the house of Maher Zaqqout, one of the leaders of the al-Qassam Brigades, in Beit Lahia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.

The house of Zaqqout was already empty as he anticipated the attack, but the casualties were bystanders. The missiles also caused damage to nearby homes.  

The Israeli Army also fired a missile at a fuel truck in northern Gaza, killing the driver.

The al-Aqsa TV station of Hamas reported that several residents were killed and wounded in an air strike that targeted the house of Ayman Siyam, one of the leaders of the al-Qassam brigades in Jabalia.

Also, the guard of an UNRWA school in al-Qarara, in southern Gaza, was killed after it was shelled by the Israeli Air Force, badly damaging it.

The Isreaeli Army also shelled the house of Nour Baraka, in Bani Suheila town, east of Khan Younis.  Three residents, including the father of Baraka, were seriously wounded. Baraka is one of the leaders of the al-Qassam brigades.

At least 360 Palestinians have been killed and over 1600 injured in the ongoing Israeli assaults.

On Monday evening, Israeli Defense Minister, Ehud Barak, held an meeting with senior Israeli military and security officials and discussed with them the possibility of launching a ground offensive in the Gaza Strip.

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