Israeli occupying forces carried out scattered bombardments on several areas of the Gaza Strip at dawn today, Friday and yesterday evening, and blew up residential buildings in Jabalia, following a day marked by massacres that resulted in the deaths of more than 50 Palestinians.
Most recently, Israeli military planes carried out a dawn raid today on a house in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, north of Gaza City.
This raid comes after the occupation plane yesterday Thursday targeted two accommodation centers in the Al-Tuffah neighborhood, east of Gaza City, resulting in the death of 15 Palestinians and injuries, including most were women and children, according to the Al Jazeera correspondent.
The Israeli navy also bombarded the coast of Gaza City at dawn, according to Palestinian sources.
Bombing and explosion of buildings
Also at dawn today, Israeli artillery shelled Beit Lahia, and at the same time, occupying forces blew up other residential buildings in the Jabalia camp in the northern Gaza Strip.
Al Jazeera obtained special photos showing Israeli drones dropping incendiary materials on the homes of people trapped in the Jabalia camp.
Since October 5, the northern Gaza Strip has been subjected to massive aggression which has resulted in the death of more than 3,000 Palestinians and the displacement of thousands more towards Gaza City.
Due to continued shelling and shelling of buildings, much of the Jabalia camp and the Beit Lahia project were destroyed.
At the same time, Israeli artillery bombarded the north of the Bureij camp, in the center of the Gaza Strip, at dawn.
To the south, land and sea bombardments targeted the Al-Mawasi area, west of the town of Rafah, and the town itself was subjected to at least one airstrike.
Al Jazeera correspondent reported yesterday Thursday the deaths of 56 Palestinians, including 42 in the northern Gaza Strip.
Via the interactive map: fierce fighting and clashes in Gaza City, in the north of the strip#News#Gaza_War pic.twitter.com/EocBaKd0gq
– Al Jazeera Palestine (@AJA_Palestine) December 19, 2024
Fierce battles
On the military front, fighting is still raging in the Jabalia camp despite widespread bombing and destruction as well as the displacement of a large number of its inhabitants.
The Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), announced that one of its fighters, yesterday morning Thursday, in the Jabalia camp, stabbed an Israeli officer and three soldiers and took their weapons personal.
The Brigades also announced the targeting of the “Magin” site in the Gaza military envelope with a “Zwari” style march.
The Al-Qassam Brigades also released images of an Israeli soldier shot dead in the Al-Tawam area, north of Gaza City.
For their part, the Al-Quds Brigades, the military branch of the Islamic Jihad movement, announced that their fighters had taken control of an Israeli Evo Max drone in the sky over the city of Khan Yunis, in the south of the Gaza Strip. .
Al-Saraya also released footage it said targeted an Israeli command and control headquarters in the Netzarim axis, located in the middle of the Gaza Strip and where Israeli forces are stationed.