The second day of Eid al-Adha: Martyrs and wounded in continuous bombing of the Gaza Strip

The Israeli occupation army continued its bombing of various areas of the Gaza Strip, on the second day of Eid al-Adha, leaving dozens of martyrs and injured, bringing the toll to 37,347 martyrs and 85,372 injuries since the seventh of last October.

The Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip announced, on Monday, the second day of Eid al-Adha, “The Israeli occupation committed two massacres against families in the Gaza Strip, resulting in 10 martyrs and 73 injuries reaching hospitals during the past 24 hours.” She added, "There are still a number of victims under the rubble and on the roads, and ambulance and civil defense crews cannot reach them."

Two citizens were martyred, at dawn on Monday, and at least 13 others, including women and children, were injured as a result of Israeli raids on a house in the Zarqa neighborhood, north of Gaza City. Local Palestinian sources reported that Quadcopter drones fired towards agricultural lands in the Al-Hakar area in Deir Al-Balah, while sounds of violent explosions were heard in the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip, coinciding with the flight of Israeli warplanes in the area.

Health sources in the Gaza Strip reported that 3 citizens, including a woman, were killed, and others were seriously injured as a result of the occupation bombing of a house in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in Gaza City. Local Palestinian sources confirmed that continuous Israeli raids and artillery shelling targeted the city of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip.

Today, Monday, the second day of Eid al-Adha, the Israeli occupation army killed a Palestinian child and an elderly person after bombing a house in Gaza City. The Civil Defense said, through a brief statement: “Our crews recovered two martyrs, a child and an elderly person, in addition to a number of wounded as a result of the occupation aircraft bombing a family home.” Spots in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in Gaza City, at dawn on Monday.

Last night, the Civil Defense in Gaza reported that its crews recovered two martyrs from the Bir Canada area in the Tal Al-Sultan neighborhood, west of Rafah, following the occupation’s bombing of the area. The occupation warplanes also targeted a house in the vicinity of the Emirati field hospital in central Rafah.

In the same context, Israeli military vehicles penetrated the center of the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City, forcing families from the neighborhood to flee to the west of the city amid artillery shelling and gunfire. The occupation army also burned the departures hall on the Palestinian side of the Rafah land crossing, and a number of Israeli military vehicles stationed on the Egyptian-Palestinian border advanced towards the center of the city of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip.

Yesterday, Sunday, on the first day of Eid al-Adha, Israeli artillery did not stop bombing various areas of the Gaza Strip, which led to martyrs and wounded, the destruction of homes, and damage to roads and infrastructure.

The Israeli occupation forces have continued their aggression against the Gaza Strip, by land, sea and air, since October 7, 2023, despite two UN Security Council resolutions to stop it immediately, and orders from the International Court of Justice to end the invasion of Rafah, and to take measures to prevent acts of “genocide” and improve the situation. The miserable humanitarian situation in Gaza.