GAZA, Jul 16 (NNN-WAFA) – The Palestinian death toll from ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has risen to 38,664, Gaza-based health authorities said, yesterday.
During the past 24 hours, the Israeli military killed 80 people and wounded 216 others, bringing the total death toll to 38,664, and injuries to 89,097, since the Palestinian-Israeli conflict broke out last Oct, it said in a statement.
Meanwhile, Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad Movement, announced in a brief statement that, its members bombed Israeli “soldiers and military vehicles with a barrage of mortar shells in the Yabna refugee camp in Rafah city, in the southern Gaza Strip.”
The brigades claimed, the attack had resulted in casualties among the Israeli soldiers.
The Israel Defence Forces (IDF), as usual, has not commented on the attack claimed by Al-Quds. It only stated earlier in the day that, its operational activity continues throughout the Gaza Strip.
Over the past 24 hours, the Zionist air and naval forces continue to strike “terror targets” throughout the Gaza Strip, assisting IDF ground troops in the area, said the IDF.– NNN-WAFA