Since dawn on Saturday, the Israeli occupation forces have bombed the last two shelters for displaced people in the Gaza Strip, intensively targeting Rafah in the south of the Strip and Deir al-Balah in its centre, resulting in the death of more than 22 Palestinians, and increasing fears that Israel will expand the scope of its ground operation in the two cities crowded with displaced people.
Manhattan Tribune’s correspondent said that a child was killed and others were injured in the targeting of a densely populated residential apartment in the Hassan Salama Tower in the El Geneina neighborhood, east of Rafah.
The Ministry of Health in Gaza reported that 14 people, including women and children, were killed in an Israeli air strike that targeted a house in Rafah.
Local sources confirmed renewed Israeli raids on the eastern areas of Rafah this evening, adding that the raids also targeted Gaza City.
During the last 24 hours, the Ministry of Health in Gaza said that the Israeli occupation forces committed 12 massacres against families in the Gaza Strip, leaving 107 martyrs and 165 wounded.
Tens of thousands of displaced people have arrived in Rafah in the past few days, carrying their belongings in their hands and dragging children on carts since the occupation intensified its aggression against Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip last week.
The occupation army had previously declared Rafah a “safe zone” and ordered the residents of the north to flee there. According to the United Nations, the number of displaced people in the Egyptian border city is more than 1,300,000.
Targeting the Red Crescent
For its part, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society reported that the occupation forces targeted a house adjacent to the society’s headquarters and its affiliated Al-Amal Hospital in Khan Yunis, after a series of attacks targeted the society as the Israeli army intensified its aggression against the city.
The association added that 11 displaced people took refuge in its headquarters and were injured as a result of the occupation forces throwing smoke bombs at them.
Meanwhile, local sources confirmed the arrival of 3 decomposed bodies to the Nasser Medical Complex of martyrs who died during the occupation’s bombing west of Khan Yunis, and the Civil Defense had not previously been able to recover them.
Martyrs of Al-Rimal neighborhood
In the northern Gaza Strip, Manhattan Tribune’s correspondent said that 9 martyrs and 31 wounded were transferred to the Baptist Hospital in Gaza since this morning.
The occupation aircraft also launched a raid near Al-Shifa Medical Complex in the northern Gaza Strip.
The correspondent reported that two Palestinians were martyred and 8 injured in the bombing of a house near the Matouk Junction in the Al-Rimal neighborhood in Gaza City.
⚠️ A horrific scene documented by the Euro-Med team of the execution of a Palestinian civilian who was searching for food when an Israeli sniper shot him directly in the back near the Palestine Stadium in Gaza City.
Our team documents – daily – field executions carried out by Israeli snipers stationed on rooftops in different areas of Gaza. pic.twitter.com/1aVjM81mj4
– Euro-Mediterranean Observatory (@EuroMedHRAr) February 3, 2024
Sniping foragers
Two Palestinians were martyred and 3 others were injured by Israeli occupation sniper bullets stationed at the Al-Nasr neighborhood intersection, west of Gaza City.
For its part, the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Observatory published a video clip of the body of a young Palestinian man who was executed by the occupation sniper while he was searching for food near the Palestine Stadium in Gaza City.
The scenes showed a number of cats gathering over the body of the martyr thrown on the ground, while the Euro-Mediterranean Observatory confirmed that its teams monitor on a daily basis cases of sniping of Palestinians by the occupation forces in different areas of the Gaza Strip.
Since last October 7, the Israeli aggression has resulted in the death of 27,238 Palestinians, while the number of wounded has reached 66,452.
