The War in Gaza: Israeli massacres continues as the death toll is touching 20 thousand with destruction is everywhere

On Monday, the Israeli army returned to bombing al Shifa Medical Complex, the largest hospital in the Gaza Strip, which had turned into a shelter for thousands of displaced people, resulting in the partial destruction of one of its buildings and more casualties among Palestinian civilians, at a time when clashes continue between the Israeli army and the Palestinian factions in various areas.
The Israeli warplanes bombed the specialized surgical building in the Shifa Complex, while Israeli tanks bombed the hospital gate and courtyard with a number of shells.
The bombing caused a number of deaths and injuries among the displaced Palestinians who took refuge in the hospital during the past weeks from the eastern areas of Gaza City after Israeli tanks penetrated parts of it.
For his part, spokesman for the Ministry of Health in Gaza, Ashraf al Qudra, “The Israeli occupation’s targeting of hospitals and medical centers is part of its policy to liquidate the health sector in Gaza and overthrow the health system”.
In addition to the Israeli bombing, the displaced Palestinians in al Shifa Medical Complex live in harsh living conditions in light of the lack of water and food and the spread of diseases.
In the south of the Gaza Strip, Israeli artillery targeted the Sheikh Jabr school in the Khan Yunis camp, destroying parts of it, without any casualties.
On the other hand, violent clashes continued between Palestinian factions’ members and Israeli forces penetrating northern Gaza and downtown Khan Yunis, including heavy gunfire and violent explosions.
The al Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas movement, announced on Monday that it had bombed Israeli army positions and targeted a truck carrying soldiers east of the city of Khan Yunis.
Qassam Brigades said in a statement posted on their Telegram channel that al Qassam Brigades fighters were able to target a military truck loaded with Zionist soldiers with an anti-personnel missile east of Khan Yunis.
In a second statement, it reported that Hamas launched a missile on an Israeli military site of Kissufim.
Qassam Brigades stated in a third statement that they targeted a gathering of Israeli forces penetrating north of Khan Yunis with mortar shells.
Qassam Brigades also announced, in other statements, that they had caused deaths and injuries by targeting Israeli soldiers and military vehicles in the north and south of the Gaza Strip.
Hamas fighters were able to target an Israeli army Hummer with a Kornet anti-tank missile northeast of Beit Lahia, and they managed to destroy an Israeli Merkvah tank as well”.
Hamas fighters managed to detonate an anti-personnel device in an Israeli foot soldiers east of the city of Khan Yunis, killing and wounding dozens.
They also managed to detonate an anti-personnel device with another Israeli foot force holed up inside a building in Beit Lahia, then target it with a TBG shell, engage it from point zero, and finish off all members of the force.
Qassam Brigades reported that, “destroyed a Zionist troop carrier and a D9 military bulldozer with two al Yassin 105 shells in Beit Lahia and detonated a number of anti-personnel devices among the Israeli occupation soldiers who tried to rescue the wounded”.
For its part, al Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad movement, said that it also targeted Israeli forces in Khan Yunis.
Quds Brigades said in a statement that they targeted a military concentration in the areas of advance in the city of Khan Yunis with mortar shells, and managed to took control of an Israeli reconnaissance drone, an EVO Max 4T, belonging to the Israeli infantry force, east of Khan Yunis”.
The Quds Brigades also reported that it bombed Israeli military gatherings in Nahal Oz, in the Gaza Strip, east of the Shujaya neighborhood in Gaza City, with a barrage of rockets and mortar shells.
On the Israeli side, the army announced in separate statements on Monday that 7 officers and soldiers from its forces were killed in battles in the north and south of the Gaza Strip, bringing the total death toll since the beginning of the war to 461.
The Israeli army also announced that 17 officers and soldiers were injured in the battles it is facing in the Gaza Strip during the past 24 hours.
The Israeli army said in separate statements on its website that 17 officers and soldiers were injured in battles in the Gaza Strip during the past 24 hours.
This brings the announced number of wounded officers and soldiers since the beginning of the ground incursion into the Gaza Strip on October 27 to 704.
The Israeli army explained that among the injured, 160 suffered serious injuries, 270 suffered moderate injuries, and 274 others suffered minor injuries.
With the announcement of an increase in the number of Israeli army casualties today, the total number of Israeli forces injured since the start of the war on October 7 rises to 1,831 officers and soldiers, according of Israeli army official data.