CAIRO: Israeli forces battled Hamas-led fighters in several areas across Gaza on Tuesday (Jul 16), whereas Palestinian well being officers mentioned not less than 13 folks had been killed in Israeli bombardments in southern and central areas of the enclave.
In Rafah, a southern border metropolis the place Israeli forces have been working since Could, 5 Palestinians had been killed in an air strike on a home, whereas in close by Khan Younis, a person, his spouse and two youngsters had been killed, they mentioned.
In central Gaza in Nuseirat, one of many enclave’s eight historic refugee camps, not less than 4 Palestinians had been killed in separate shelling and aerial strikes, medics mentioned. Israeli tanks bombed the southern sector of Gaza Metropolis earlier on Tuesday, residents mentioned.
The Israeli army mentioned troops continued “intelligence-based” actions in Rafah, killing many Palestinian gunmen over the previous 24 hours. It mentioned air strikes had focused militants, tunnels, and different Hamas army infrastructure.
It added that the Israeli air power had struck round 40 targets throughout the enclave, together with sniping and commentary posts, army constructions, and buildings rigged with explosives.
The armed wings of Hamas and the Islamic Jihad mentioned in separate statements their fighters attacked Israeli forces in a number of places with anti-tank rockets and mortar hearth.
