The Israeli army’s attacks on Gaza continue. Today morning, Tuesday, December 26: Among the targets hit is the Red Crescent’s headquarters in Khan Younis, in the south of the Strip. Confirmation came directly from the organization: Thousands of people took shelter in the building, and some were injured during the bombings. The Israeli military recently announced it would send more ground forces, including combat engineers, to Gaza’s second-largest city, Khan Younis, to target Hamas militants above ground and in tunnels. The number of deaths since October 7, when Israel’s attacks on Gaza began, has increased to 20 thousand 915. In the statement made by the spokesperson of the Gaza Ministry of Health, it was stated that 54,918 people were injured. 241 people died and 382 people were injured in the last 24 hours.
Meanwhile, speaking at the Parliamentary Security and Defense Committee, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said: “Israel is being attacked from seven fronts, the war will be long. We are attacking from seven different fronts: Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, West Bank, Iraq, Yemen.” and Iran,” he said, “We have already responded and acted on six of these fronts. I want to say clearly: anyone who acts against us is a potential target, there is no immunity for anyone”.
More than 100 dead in raid on Maghazi refugee camp
More than 100 people were killed in an Israeli airstrike on the Maghazi refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on Christmas Day, according to Palestinian health officials. If the figures reported by Al Arabiya are confirmed, this would be one of the bloodiest raids carried out by Israel since the war against Hamas began on October 7. Ministry of Health spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra said that most of those killed in Maghazi were women and children. Eight more people were killed in dozens of attacks by Israeli planes and tanks on homes and streets in nearby Al Bureij and Al Nuseyrat, health officials said. Israel denies targeting civilians and accuses Hamas of using civilians as human shields by building tunnels and military infrastructure in civilian-populated areas. An employee of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) described what he saw at the nearby Al-Aqsadi Gaza hospital as “absolute carnage”.
Constant attacks on Gaza
Dozens of Israeli warplanes attacked more than 100 targets in Gaza in the last few hours, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reported this morning. Among these were tunnels and military facilities used by Hamas. A terrorist cell that tried to plant explosives near an Israeli tank in Jabalia was eliminated overnight, the IDF report said, adding that ground troops targeted the fighters before they were killed by an airstrike. Stating that Hamas fighters were also killed in the southern town of Khan Younis the previous day, the official added that the Israeli army intensified its operations against Hamas after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel would “intensify the war in the coming days.”
Source: Today IT
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