A Palestinian woman, her four children, were killed in a recent Israeli
air strike in Gaza, and more Palestinian civilians are being killed by
the hour as the Israeli army continues its air strikes and ground
offensive against the residents of Gaza. At least 550 Palestinians,
including women and children, have been killed and more than 2700 were
wounded.
The ground offensive was launched on
Sunday evening, so far over 70 residents, including 21 children and 11
women were killed and over 371 were wounded.
Medical sources in Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, reported that an
Israeli missile struck a Palestinian home in Al Zeitoun neighborhood
east of Gaza City killing a woman and her children.
The
sources said that seven members of Al Sammouni family, including four
children, were killed when the army shelled their home while invading
the area. Other members of the family said that the army also shelled a
nearby home inflicting more casualties among the civilians as the
shelled house was overcrowded.
An Eyewitness reported that at
least twenty residents were in the shelled home. The eyewitness added
that on Sunday, the army ordered the residents to gather in the house
of Arafat Al Sammouni, and on Monday the soldiers shelled the crowded
property.
Also, the army shelled a mourning house filled with civilians and killed four. Several similar attacks were reported in Gaza.
Furthermore,
paramedics said on Monday that they located three bodies in Al Atatra
area, west of Beit Lahia, and that several residents are believed to be
under the rubble of shelled homes.
Sources at Al Shifa
hospital in Gaza reported that the bodies of seven members of Abu Aisha
family were severely mutilated after the army shelled their home in Al
Mashtal area, west of Al Shaty’ refugee camp, in Gaza.
The
sources added that the casualties are father, mother and five of their
children. They were killed on Sunday at night after the Israeli Navy
fired missiles at their home and a number of nearby homes.
The
army also shelled dozens of homes in Al Zeitoun neighborhood in Gaza
City killing a five-year old child and her grandfather. Her mother was
seriously wounded.
On Sunday night after midnight, the army
shelled five homes that belong to Hamas political leaders, and one home
that belong to Jamil Mzhir, a political leader of the leftist Popular
Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).
The army also shelled a college in Al Shaty’s refugee camp causing two injuries.
Hasan
Khalaf of the Palestinian Ministry of Health, said that the number of
Palestinians killed due to the ongoing Israeli offensive is now over
577 residents, including 70 who were killed in the ground offensive.
Among the casualties were 107 children and 36 women; at least 2,530
residents were wounded.
The ground offensive was launched on
Sunday evening, so far over 70 residents, including 21 children and 11
women were killed and over 371 were wounded.