Smoke and flames are seen following an Israeli air strike on a building, amid a flare-up of Israeli-Palestinian fighting, in Gaza City May 18, 2021. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
Ramallah: The Palestinian Ministry of Health announced on Wednesday the rise of number of Palestinian martyrs as a result of the Israeli attacks on Gaza to 219, which included 61 children and 36 women. There were also 1,530 injured.
The Ministry stated that among the martyrs were 63 children, 36 women, and 16 elderly people.
A number of citizens were also injured this afternoon as a result of the continued Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, and WAFA reported that the Israeli warplanes and artillery targeted several homes and civilian facilities in Al Sinaa Street, Sheikh Ajlin, Tel Al Hawa in Gaza City, in Al Amal neighborhood in the west of Khan Yunis governorate, in the vicinity of Al Qurum roundabout east of Jabalia, and in the town of Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip, wounding more than 15 civilians, one of them described as critical.
The aerial bombardment was accompanied by shelling by gunboats and artillery along the beach of Gaza City and northwest of Beit Lahia, which led to severe material damage in the targeted places and their surroundings, and is still ongoing, with the sound of explosions heard throughout the Gaza Strip.
