GAZA Israel bombarded targets in Gaza on Dec 9 after the United States blocked an extraordinary UN bid for a ceasefire in the war that has triggered alerts of an apocalyptic” humanitarian situation.
An Israeli strike on the southern city of Khan Younis killed six people, while five others died in a separate attack in Rafah, the Hamasrun health ministry in Gaza said on Dec 9.
Over a 24-hour period, 71 dead and 160 wounded arrived at Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah city, following persistent bombings, Gaza’s health ministry said.
Repeated volleys of automatic weapons fire were heard on Dec 9 in Gaza’s north, in live footage aired by AFPTV.
The Ezzedine al-Qassam_Brigades, Hamas’s armed wing, said it fired rockets on Dec 9 towards Reim in southern Israel.
Outside, firefighters poured water onto the flames of a burning building partly destroyed by an Israeli strike.
Gaza’s health ministry said the Israeli operation in the coastal enclave has killed at least 17,000 people since Oct 7.
On that day, Hamas gunmen attacked southern Israel and killed around 1,200 people. They also took about 240 hostages into Gaza, among whom around 100 have been freed.
Israel has been bombarding the Gaza Strip in response since then in a bid to eliminate Hamas.
Vast areas of Gaza, which is run by Hamas, have been reduced to rubble.
The United Nations says about 80 per cent of the population have been displaced, with dire shortages of food, fuel, water and medicine reported.
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