80 Days of Relentless Israeli Bombing on Gaza as Civilian Death Toll Surges Past 54,000
The escalation follows Zionist Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's withdrawal from a proposed ceasefire agreement, bolstered by unwavering US political and military support, and amid unprecedented international silence and Arab inaction.
At least 10 Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip between Wednesday night and Thursday morning, according to Palestinian sources.
Rescue teams recovered the bodies of three people and evacuated three wounded after an airstrike on a home in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City.
A Palestinian father and his young son were killed by Israel, he was holding his son's hand on the way home when they were bombed in al-Zaytoun neighborhood of Gaza City.
In the father's pocket, rescue workers found a tiny handful of rice and lentils….https://t.co/rmnR9RJ0vx
— Suppressed News. (@SuppressedNws) June 4, 2025
Another six civilians were martyred when Israeli occupation forces bombed tents sheltering displaced families in the Al-Mawasi area of Khan Younis. An additional five people were injured in a drone strike on a nearby displacement camp.
A child, Amir Samir Al-Barqouni, was martyred in a strike on a displacement site in central Gaza. Separately, a young girl was reported dead and several others injured following the bombing of a home near Al-Fadila Mosque in Al-Zaytoun.
Israeli warplanes also carried out a series of attacks targeting central Khan Younis, while two children were martyred in renewed shelling of displacement tents in Al-Mawasi. Artillery fire targeted northern areas of the Al-Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza.
Israeli occupation drone and artillery fire also hit areas east of Gaza City and in northern Al-Nuseirat, while additional strikes targeted a house belonging to the Abu Shamala family in Deir Al-Balah, resulting in further casualties.
Four Palestinians were martyred Wednesday evening when an Israeli drone hit a displacement tent in the Al-Mawasi area, north of Khan Younis.
In a separate strike, Mohammad Mazen Abu Al-Jadian (20) was killed by a quadcopter drone in the Al-Salateen area of Beit Lahia, northern Gaza.
Three children's bodies were recovered from the Al-Shemaa Street area of Beit Lahia, near Abbas Kilani, and another child was confirmed dead in a separate airstrike on civilians in the Japanese District of western Khan Younis. Multiple injuries were also reported.
Three more Palestinians were martyred in a strike near the Al-Safa and Al-Marwa Mosque in Al-Shati refugee camp, west of Gaza City. Additional attacks struck near the stables area in Al-Mawasi, and two civilians were martyred in a missile strike on the Shaat building near Moza Roundabout, across from the Martyrs' Mosque in Khan Younis.
In eastern Khan Younis, one civilian was martyred and others were wounded in shelling on Abasan Al-Kabira. An unidentified female victim was transferred to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir Al-Balah from the 'Kissufim area.'
Israeli warplanes killed two innocent children in an airstrike that targeted a displacement camp in the Gaza Strip, just one day before Eid Al-Adha. In the morning, they had bought Eid clothes, by evening, they were massacred. pic.twitter.com/C6Crto7OKg
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) June 5, 2025
Al-Awda Hospital reported one fatality and ten injuries—mostly children—in an Israeli airstrike on the Al-Ahli Club area in Al-Nuseirat, central Gaza.
Since the start of the Israeli occupation's offensive on October 7, 2023, the death toll in Gaza has reached 54,607, with over 125,341 injured, the vast majority of them women and children.
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