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’Israeli’ Shelling Intensifies Martyrs Palestinian Woman

’Israeli’ Shelling Intensifies Martyrs Palestinian Woman
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The "Israeli" shelling continued to escalate in the besieged Gaza Strip on Thursday, with reports of one Palestinian woman martyred by the "Israeli" bombardment.

’Israeli’ Shelling Intensifies Martyrs Palestinian Woman

Medical sources told Maan that a Palestinian woman in her fifties, identified as Jana Aytah al-Amur, was martyred by "Israeli" shelling on Thursday evening in the al-Fakhari area east of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip. An "Israeli" army spokesperson said they could not confirm the case.

Medical sources also said that an "Israeli" airstrike injured a Palestinian woman, identified as 21-year-old Khazima al-Farra, in the al-Rayyan area in eastern Rafah.

Witnesses said that "Israeli" F-16 jets launched several rockets in the southern Gaza Strip at around 5 p.m., hitting agricultural land in the Abu al-Rus area in eastern Rafah.

Four Palestinians, including three children, were injured earlier in the day when "Israeli" forces carried out several airstrikes across the small Palestinian territory, one of which hit a metal workshop in the al-Zaytoun neighborhood southeast of Gaza City.

The strike injured 65-year-old Hassan Hassanien and three children from the family, who were all taken to the al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City.

"Israeli" forces also carried out several airstrikes in an open area of Jabal al-Sorani east of Gaza City.

The southern Gaza Strip town of Beit Lahiya was also struck by two Israeli rockets, which destroyed a location allegedly being used by the Hamas movement.

Thursday's violence followed an "Israeli" aerial offensive earlier on Wednesday evening, which targeted an area near a destroyed airport in the southwestern town of Rafah.

An "Israeli" army spokesperson said that airstrikes were carried out from Wednesday evening until three or four in the morning on Thursday.

Meanwhile, Hamas spokesperson Sami Abu Zuhri urged all parties to accept their responsibilities and end the aggression on Gaza in a press statement released on Wednesday, adding that Israeli crimes would not "break the spirit of the Palestinian people."

United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov expressed his concern over the increasing tensions in the besieged enclave, urging all participants to "exercise maximum restraint" and to take all necessary measures to "prevent the risk of escalation."

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team

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