A number of Palestinians were killed and injured in Israeli shelling that targeted several areas in the Gaza Strip, coinciding with the announcement by the Hamas movement of the killing of the bodyguards of the former head of the movement’s political bureau, Ismail Haniyeh, and the workers in his office.
14 Palestinians were killed and dozens were injured as a result of the Israeli army’s bombing of areas in the central and southern Gaza Strip.
Wafa News Agency reported that “the occupation forces bombed a house in Al-Bureij camp in the middle of the Strip and a car north of Rafah city in the south, killing 12 Palestinians and wounding others.”
Two Palestinians were killed and 17 were injured as a result of Israeli artillery shelling of the tents of the displaced in the Al-Mawasi area west of Rafah, while 5 Palestinians were injured by Israeli army tank fire in the town of Al-Qarara in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip.
In Gaza City, the Israeli army’s artillery shelled the neighborhoods of Tal al-Hawa, al-Sabra, and al-Zeitoun, while its aircraft launched a raid on the Asqalan area.
The number of people killed in the ongoing Israeli war on the Gaza Strip since October 7 has risen to 40,139 dead and 92,743 wounded.
In the same context, Hamas mourned the companions of the former head of the movement’s political bureau, Ismail Haniyeh, and the workers in his office, stating that they “were killed in the bombing of the Shati camp yesterday, Monday.”
The movement said in a statement that “this crime shows the extent of the hatred that the occupation holds against everyone who is closely or distantly associated with the martyr leader Ismail Haniyeh, and this is a continuation of previous crimes committed in this context, not starting with the assassination of his sons and grandchildren, and the bombing of the homes of his relatives over the heads of their residents, and not ending with the crime of assassinating him in Tehran.”
She stressed that “the crimes of the occupation will not break in any way the will of resistance in the souls of our people and our resistance, and that the movement that, like all components of our great people, presented its children in this battle will continue the path of resistance and jihad until the enemy is defeated and broken in front of the blessed Palestinian will.”
Hamas announced the assassination of Haniyeh while he was at his residence in Tehran to attend the inauguration ceremony of the new Iranian President, Masoud Pezeshkian.
Israeli army announces recovery of bodies of 6 hostages from Gaza
In the same context, the Israeli army announced the recovery of the bodies of 6 hostages who had been held by Hamas.
The army said in a statement, “Its forces recovered the bodies in a night operation in southern Gaza, from the Khan Yunis area.”
The statement explained: “In a joint operation carried out last night (Monday), the army and the General Security Service were able to retrieve the bodies of the kidnapped Yagiv Buchchav, Alexander Denzig, Avraham Munder, Yoram Metzger, Nadav Popul and Haim Perry from the Khan Yunis area.”
Last updated: August 20, 2024 – 11:51
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