Death Toll in Gaza Soars as Israeli Aggression Persists
According to local medical sources, the two victims were killed and others wounded in an Israeli shelling of the Abed Rabbo area, east of Jabalia.
The latest fatalities bring up the number of Palestinians killed in ongoing Israeli bombardments across Gaza over the past 24 hours to 48, according to medical sources.
An unidentified child martyr was killed in the occupation's bombing of a house in Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip.
🔹متابعة | شــهيدةٌ طفلة مجهولة الهوية في قصف الاحتلال منزلاً بخان يونس جنوبي قطاع غزة pic.twitter.com/nMi6MvZcUZ
— المركز الفلسطيني للإعلام (@PalinfoAr) April 6, 2025
At least 26 Palestinians were killed and 113 others were injured in the Gaza Strip over the last 25 hours as a result of the ongoing Israeli genocide in the region, according to medical reports.
Local health authorities confirmed that the Palestinian death toll from the Israeli onslaught since October 2023 has risen to 50,695 documented fatalities, with an additional 115,338 individuals sustaining injuries. The majority of the victims are women and children.
According to the same sources, emergency services are still unable to reach many casualties and dead bodies trapped under the rubble or scattered on roads across the war-torn enclave, as Israeli occupation forces continue to target ambulance and civil defense crews.
Meanwhile, Al-Quds Brigades announced, 'We destroyed a Zionist military vehicle by detonating a highly explosive device we had previously planted in the Shuja'iyya neighborhood, east of Gaza City.'
Israeli genocidal onslaught continues undeterred despite calls from the United Nations Security Council for an immediate ceasefire and directives from the International Court of Justice urging measures to prevent genocide and alleviate the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza.
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