Air raids rain down on Palestinians returning to al-Faluja
Israeli jets have targeted al-Faluja area, west of Jabalia camp, killing and injuring a number of civilians who had just started to return to the area after Israeli forces withdrew.
“Since the early hours of the morning, when people began to return, Israeli forces have been targeting them,” one rescuer on the scene told our colleagues at Al Jazeera Arabic. “We have recovered a number of bodies.
“We, the paramedics and ambulance crews, are also targeted by armed drones. A minutes ago, artillery shells fell in the area, killing more people.”
New Israeli air attacks on displaced Palestinians in Rafah kill 21, wound dozens
The air raid targeted al-Mawasi in western Rafah, an area where tents have been set up to house displaced Palestinians. It is also a designated humanitarian area to which Israeli authorities told Palestinians to flee.
“Among them are 13 females were killed. Israeli forces targeted another makeshift tent [area] where most of the people were women and children,” Al Jazeera’s Hind Khoudary said, reporting from Deir el-Balah.
“There are no hospitals in Rafah. All the injured and the dead bodies have been transferred to the International Medical Corps filed hospital. There are no ambulances.”
“It’s catastrophic and horrifying being injured and not being able to get transferred from one place to another because of lack of fuel. For more than three weeks now, nothing has entered the Gaza Strip,” she said.
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