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Israel continues its offensive in Rafah and the Shujaiya neighborhood of Gaza City

At least seven people died this morning in Israeli attacks in the city of Rafaextreme south of Gaza Stripwhile troops continue their offensive in the vicinity of Shujaiyain the city of Gaza, where they returned last Thursday.

He Israeli army He assured that during this weekend they killed in Shujaiya neighborhood for “dozens of terrorists in hand-to-hand combat and with aerial fire support”. Israel It is estimated that around 40 suspected combatants fell in that southeastern neighborhood of the city of Link.

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On the last day, 43 deaths were recorded throughout the Strip and more than 100 injuries; bringing the total number of casualties since the start of the war to 37,877 deaths, mostly women and children, and 86,969 injured, according to the Gaza Ministry of Healthcontrolled by Hamas. In addition, it is estimated that around 10,000 bodies are still trapped under the rubble.

Following the operation in Shujaiya over the weekend, Israeli troops also raided a UN school that was being used as a “hideout and warehouse” by Hamas militiamen, where they found “weapons, grenades and valuable intelligence documents”.

Soldiers located a war room in a medical clinic containing communications devices, enemy documents and observation devices“, reported the Army, which again accused the Islamists of”incorporating themselves into civilian structures for terrorist purposes”.

On the other hand, the Army indicated that it maintains its “intelligence-based operational activities in the area of Rafain the extreme south of the enclave and in the center of the Strip”.

In Rafah, troops “They eliminated several terrorists in different encounters“they dismantled tunnels in the area and destroyed a mortar launch base, a military statement said.

Israel entered Rafah at the beginning of May, when there were 1.4 million people displaced in the city, and its tanks are now advancing through the city’s western neighborhoods, Like the Sultan it’s him Saudiwhere explosions were heard last night, according to Palestinian sources.

Israeli planes also bombed other neighborhoods in Gaza City, such as Al Tuffah, Will know, Such as Hawa any Al Darajwhere so far one death has been confirmed in the attack on a residential building.

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Palestinian medical sources report deaths and injuries in all these airstrikes, especially in Shujaiyawhere neither ambulances nor paramedics were able to access due to continuous firing on Israeli troops.

Our forces are operating in Rafah, in Shujaiya and throughout the Gaza Strip. Every day they eliminate dozens of terrorists. It is a tough fight that takes place above ground, sometimes in face-to-face battles, and underground.“, said this Sunday the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Nentanyahu.

The nine-month Israeli offensive has left the Strip devastated and uninhabitable, with residential buildings, schools and hospitals reduced to rubble as Gazans face famine.

Source: Elcomercio

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