GAZA, Jun 9 (NNN-WAFA) – At least 210 Palestinians were killed and more than 400 others injured, in Israeli airstrikes yesterday, in the central Gaza Strip, while the Israeli forces rescued four hostages in the same area.
Khalil Al-Dakran, director of Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir Al-Balah in central Gaza, said that, a large number of wounded Palestinians were sent to the hospital, due to the intense Israeli bombing on the Nuseirat camp and the city of Deir Al-Balah, some of whom have been confirmed dead.
Wounded Palestinians were still being sent in, overwhelming the hospital, amid a severe shortage of beds, medicines, medical consumables, and fuel to run the main emergency generator, said Al-Dakran.
Palestinian eyewitnesses said, Israeli aircraft targeted the area with intensive firepower, and local civil defence teams and ambulances were unable to reach some injured people in time.
Smoke rose from all parts of central Gaza, amid unprecedented air and artillery bombardment targeting these areas, according to local sources and eyewitnesses.
Palestinian security sources said, deadly clashes broke out on the ground between Palestinian militants and Israeli troops raiding the Nuseirat camp, under the cover of artillery and aerial bombardment.
Ismail Haniyeh, head of the Hamas political bureau, said in a statement that, Israel’s strikes targeted children and women, stressing that the Palestinian people “will not surrender, and the resistance will continue to defend their rights.”
Palestinian Presidency spokesman, Nabil Abu Rudeina, said, the attack on the Nuseirat camp is a continuation of the “genocidal” war against the Palestinian people, for which the American administration should be held “fully responsible.”
This war will “destroy everything and push things towards a dangerous stage that will not achieve security or peace for anyone,” Abu Rudeina said in a press statement.
He called on the United Nations Security Council and the international community, to stop the “bloody” war on the Palestinian population in Gaza.
The Palestinian death toll from the ongoing Israeli attacks in the enclave has risen to 36,801, with 83,680 others injured, updated the Gaza health authorities, yesterday.– NNN-WAFA
