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Israeli army strikes northern Gaza as it expands fighting to Zeitoun, Jabalya areas
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The Israeli army said that its fighter jets struck “many” Palestinian militant group Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip towns of Jabaliya, Beit Lahiya, and Zeitoun neighborhoods overnight.
The Israeli army said it’s expanding “operational activities in additional neighborhoods in the area of the Gaza Strip and conducted operational activity in the areas of Zeitoun and Jabalya in order to target terrorists and strike Hamas infrastructure,” according to an army statement.
Israeli troops “are operating against Hamas' ‘Zeitoun’ Battalion, one of Hamas' main battalions, in the neighborhood of Zeitoun in Gaza City. In parallel, additional troops are operating on the outskirts of Zeitoun, including Sheikh Ijlin and Rimal, clearing the areas from terrorists and striking terror infrastructure.”
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Meanwhile, Israeli troops are operating on the outskirts of Jabalya. The military said: “The area is the home of the command and control center of the Northern Gaza Brigade and where one of the most significant terror strongholds are located, in which four Hamas battalions are operating.”
“During the encounters, numerous terrorists were killed and the troops struck a large number of terror infrastructures, including underground infrastructure and significant targets of the terrorist organization,” the Israeli military said in its statement.
The Palestinian authorities have announced that the death toll due to Israeli aggression has reached at least 12,012 and over 32,300 injured according to the Palestinian ministry of health.
“Scores of innocent civilians, including children and women, were brutally massacred today in an Israeli airstrike targeting the UNRWA-run Al-Fakhura School in Jabalia refugee camp, north of the Gaza Strip,” according to Palestinian news agency WAFA.
It added: “The school has been used as a shelter for hundreds of families displaced as a result of the Israeli aggression on Gaza. The brutal Israeli attack resulted in the murder of dozens, with a majority being children and women. Initial reports estimate the number of casualties at as many as 200.”
As for Beit Lahiya, the Palestinian authorities said: “In the Indonesian Hospital in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza, medical sources reported that 60 casualties were admitted to the hospital due to the ongoing bombardment from various locations across the northern Gaza Strip.”
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