80 Palestinian civilians, including children and women, were killed and 200 injured by Israeli airstrikes targeting the northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday morning.
Al-Jazeera cited medical sources as saying that 80 Palestinians were killed and 200 wounded since dawn on Tuesday after a series of raids carried out by Israeli aircraft on residential homes in the northern Gaza Strip.
Meanwhile, Israel continues to besiege and attack the Indonesian Hospital in the northern region.
Massive destruction at the Beit Lahia housing project in northern Gaza.
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The head of the Government media office in Gaza told Al-Jazeera that Israeli tanks and drones directly bombed the hospital on Tuesday morning.
For his part, the Director-General of the Gaza Ministry of Health, Dr. Munir al-Bursh, told Al-Jazeera that about 550 patients are currently besieged inside the Indonesian Hospital, without receiving proper treatment, due to the Israeli blockade.
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According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, Israel has, thus far, killed over 13,300 Palestinians, including over 5,600 children and over 3,550 women.
The Israeli army continues to pound civilian homes throughout the Gaza Strip with new massacres reported everywhere in the besieged enclave.
(PC, AJA)