Dozens of civilians today were killed and others were injured in the intense Israeli bombardment on the central Gaza Strip, Wafa reports.

According to medical sources, 15 civilians, including children and women, were killed and others wounded in an Israeli occupation’s bombing of the central Governorate, especially the Nuseirat camp.

The occupation warplanes launched raids in the vicinity of Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir Al-Balah, which resulted in the killing of several civilians and the wounding of others.

Meanwhile, a number of people were also killed and dozens were injured in a series of Israeli raids, artillery shelling, and shooting targeting Al-Maghazi, Al-Nuseirat and Al-Bureij camps along with Al-Zawaida town, in the central Gaza Strip.

Israeli drones randomly opened heavy gunfire at civilians in the Nuseirat refugee camp.

In Bureij refugee camp, six civilians were killed and others were wounded in an Israeli airstrike targeting a house.

Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah is facing challenges in dealing with the increasing number of people killed and wounded in the ongoing and indiscriminate Israeli bombing against the Strip.

The hospital further facing a severe shortage of medicines, medical consumables, and fuel, in addition to the cessation of the main electric generator.

Medical sources announced the inability of the ambulance and emergency system to respond to distress calls and transport the wounded in the central Governorate, stressing that the occupation deliberately undermined the medical system by targeting 130 ambulances and stopping dozens of them.

Meanwhile, the hospital operates with only one generator, noting its failure will lead to the death of a large number of patients and wounded and to a health disaster, especially since it provides its services to more than a million Palestinians, according to medical sources.

It is noteworthy that nine out of 36 hospitals are partially operating in the Gaza Strip, and all of them face a severe shortage of equipment, personnel, and medical supplies.

For about an hour, intense artillery shelling has continued on the Al-Zaytoun and Tal Al-Hawa neighbourhoods in Gaza City, and the Nuseirat, Al-Maghazi, and Al-Bureij camps in the central Gaza Strip.

In a related context, occupation warboats bombed the shores of the Gaza Sea in the vicinity of the port, west of Gaza City.

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