At least 17 Palestinians martyred in Israeli airstrikes on houses in Deir al-Balah and Jabalia

At least 17 civilians were martyred and dozens others were injured on Saturday in Israeli occupation airstrikes that targeted and destroyed three houses over the heads of their residents in Deir al-Balah and Jabalia in Gaza Strip.

Medical sources reported that the occupation warplanes targeted two unidentified houses east of Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, resulting in the killing of 15 people and causing multiple causalities, WAFA News Agency reported.

Ambulance and civil defense crews are still searching the rubble of the two targeted houses.

In the Jabalia camp, in the north of Gaza Strip, Israeli warplanes struck a house, resulting in the killing of two persons. The targeted house sheltered 70 displaced people as a result of the ongoing Israeli aggressi..

The full-fledged Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip enters today its 148th day, with the death toll surpassing 30,228 and more than 71,377 injured, according to the latest statistics.

Hundreds of people killed in the ongoing Israeli artillery shelling are still trapped under the rubble or on the roads, as the occupation continues to obstruct the access of ambulance and rescue crews, according to medical sources.

Hamda Mustafa