Gaza: Some 16 Palestinians were killed late Saturday in an Israeli bombing that targeted a house in the city of Khan Yunis and an UNRWA school in the Maghazi camp in the center of Gaza Strip.
Palestinian sources indicated that occupation aircraft shelled a house in Khan Yunis, which was sheltering a large number of displaced individuals, resulting in the deaths of at least 12 civilians and injuring 50 others with varying degrees of injuries.
In another devastating incident, an UNRWA school in the central Gaza Strip’s Maghazi camp was also hit by Israeli warplanes, claiming the lives of four individuals, including a woman.
Eyewitnesses reported intense drone fire in the Maghazi camp, along with airstrikes creating a fire belt near Al-Sikka Street and heavy artillery fire from the occupation forces stationed at the camp entrance on Salah al-Din Street.
The Israeli airstrikes continued to wreak havoc, causing a fire to break out east of the Nuseirat camp. Violent raids were also carried out in the Tal al-Zaa
tar area and the city of Deir al-Balah, resulting in casualties and injuries among Palestinian civilians. Israeli warboats further intensified the assault by firing intensely west of Deir al-Balah.
According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, the number of deaths has now exceeded 22,600, with approximately 58,000 people sustaining various injuries since October 7.
On the other hand, the occupation announced the killing of about 1,200 settlers and soldiers, while the Israeli army acknowledged the killing of 510 officers and soldiers since October 7, including 175 dead since the occupation began the ground operation in the Gaza Strip on October 27.
Source: Jordan News Agency
Today, the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, received United States Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, who is currently visiting Doha, where both men tackled the strategic relations between the two friendly countries and ways to develop them.
Talks also touched on a number of regional and international issues of common interest, particularly the latest developments in the Gaza Strip and the occupied Palestinian territories.
In this regard, Sheikh Tamim stressed “the necessity of working towards an immediate ceasefire and protecting civilians, introducing sufficient and sustainable humanitarian aid into all areas of the Gaza Strip, and working to reduce the escalation in order to ensure stability and security in the region.”
The meeting was attended by Qatari Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani.
Source: National News Agency – Lebanon