Gaza Herald – Several Palestinians, including women and children, were injured early Thursday morning after an Israeli airstrike targeted a residential home in the Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza, amid a continuing escalation of attacks across different areas of the Strip.
Field sources reported that Israeli aircraft struck a home belonging to the Issa family in the eastern part of the camp.
According to the same sources, injuries ranged from critical to minor due to the intensity of the explosion and shrapnel scattering over a wide area. Panic spread among residents as the sound of explosions echoed across the camp.
Ambulance and civil defense teams rushed to the scene to evacuate the wounded and manage the aftermath of the strike.
Local reports also indicated that Israeli occupation forces issued additional evacuation warnings in other parts of Maghazi camp, including the Joint Girls’ School, which has not yet been targeted.
In recent days, Israeli occupation forces have intensified strikes on residential buildings and housing blocks following evacuation orders, affecting areas in Jabalia, Al-Bureij, and Al-Shati refugee camps.
According to data from the Gaza Human Rights Center, the documented daily death toll between 19 April and 19 May averaged around 105 killed per day, in addition to 434 injuries, while approximately 15 violations per day were recorded involving shootings and bombardment.
The center also noted a new pattern involving phone warnings to evacuate homes shortly before bombing them, aimed at further destroying remaining buildings and reducing available shelter space, coinciding with the expansion of the so-called “Yellow Line” and the introduction of a “Orange Line”.
Earlier on Wednesday, Gaza’s Ministry of Health announced that the number of casualties since the start of the ceasefire in October had risen to 881 killed and 2,621 injured, in addition to 776 bodies recovered.
The ministry added that the total death toll since the beginning of the genocide on 7 October 2023 has reached 72,773 killed and 172,723 injured.
