Gaza: At least 75 Palestinians were martyred and around 100 more injured on the second day of Eid al-Adha in Israeli forces’ airstrikes and gunfire in several areas of the Gaza Strip that began early Saturday morning, according to Palestinian sources.
According to Gaza’s Civil Defence tells Al Jazeera at least 16 people were martyred and 50 wounded in an Israeli attack on Gaza City’s Sabra, describing the event as a “full-fledged massacre”.
Israeli forces martyred at least eight Palestinians waiting near aid point in al-Akhawah, near Rafah, bringing the number of people killed seeking aid since the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation began operations to 118.
Medical sources told Anadolu news agency that at least 15 Palestinians, including six children, were martyred and over 50 others injured when Israeli warplanes struck a residential home with two missiles in the Sabra neighborhood in Gaza City.
Rescue teams on the ground fear that the death toll will rise to more than 30, as many people are still missing and possibly trapped under the rubble.
12 people, including four members of a single family, were killed and over 40 others wounded in Israeli shelling that targeted tents sheltering displaced Palestinians west of Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip.
Seven more Palestinians were martyred in an Israeli airstrike that targeted a house sheltering displaced people west of Gaza City.
Two Palestinians were lost their lives when Israeli artillery targeted a group of civilians in the Al-Saftawi neighborhood of northern Gaza.
Three others were matyred in an airstrike targeting a civilian gathering in the Abu Shrekh area, west of Jabalia refugee camp.
Another three Palestinians, including a child, were martyred in a separate strike on a house near the Al-Mujayda station in the same area.
Separately, six Palestinians were shot dead by Israeli forces near an aid distribution center west of Rafah. Several others were injured.
The total number of Palestinians martyred by Israeli gunfire while trying to access humanitarian aid since May 27 has risen to 115, with more than 580 wounded and nine still missing, according to a tally by Anadolu based on Palestinian sources.
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