DaysofPal- The Israeli genocide against Gaza continued into its 712th day on Thursday, with heavy artillery fire and airstrikes reported across the enclave and extensive massacres that left some 106 civilians killed and hundreds injured in the Gaza Strip during Wednesday only.
The Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor said relentless Israeli bombardment has leveled residential towers and destroyed telecommunications infrastructure, plunging Gaza City into a complete communications blackout.
The outage has left nearly 800,000 people cut off from the outside world. Palestinian telecommunications company Paltel confirmed that internet and landline services have been down for a second consecutive day in Gaza and northern governorates due to ongoing strikes.
Local hospitals reported mounting casualties as Al-Awda Hospital in Nuseirat said it had received four bodies and ten wounded after an airstrike hit a home in Block 7 of al-Bureij refugee camp.
Another strike early Thursday targeted a house belonging to the Abu Khair family near Abu al-Rous roundabout in al-Bureij, resulting in additional fatalities and injuries.
In Gaza City, Israeli fighter jets bombed a residential block in al-Daraj neighborhood and carried out strikes near al-Quds Hospital in Tel al-Hawa, while engineering units detonated explosives to demolish several apartment buildings in southern and northern districts.
Air raids were also reported in Khan Younis in the south, including helicopter fire on residential areas.
Civil defense crews recovered bodies after an overnight strike on Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in northern Gaza City.
Meanwhile, Israeli forces used explosive-laden armored vehicles to blow up homes near the Intelligence Towers area in the city’s northwest for the fourth time in recent days, according to field reports.
Among the victims was journalist Mohammed al-Sawalhi, a cameraman for Al-Quds Today channel, killed in an Israeli strike in Gaza City.
His death brings the number of Palestinian journalists killed since the war began to 251, media unions said.
On Wednesday evening, ten more Palestinians were killed when Israeli forces struck a family attempting to flee south from Gaza City near the entrance of al-Shifa Hospital. Local sources identified three of the victims as Mohammed Alaa al-Sawalhi, Ismail Mustafa Maqdad (31), and Akram Mohammed Maqdad (14).
Artillery shelling continued overnight in the northwestern outskirts of Gaza City, with strikes also reported in Tel al-Hawa and Khan Younis.
Witnesses described intense explosions and collapsing buildings as Israeli forces pressed deeper into urban areas.
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