The Israeli occupation forces continue their genocidal war in the Gaza Strip, for the 129th day in a row, while its planes, artillery, and gunboats continue their intense bombardment of houses, residential squares, and public facilities, committing a bloody massacre in Rafah.
At dawn on Monday, occupation aircraft launched dozens of intense raids on various parts of Rafah, destroying many houses on top of their residents, committing a horrific massacre that claimed the lives of hundreds of martyrs and wounded.
This development came hours after US President, Joe Biden, contacted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, understanding that he had given the green light to launch a military operation on the city of Rafah, which is witnessing crowding and population density with an unprecedented number of displaced people, amid warnings from multiple parties, local and international, from a bloodbath.
There are no official statistics for the number of martyrs yet, while the director of Abu Youssef Al-Najjar Hospital, Marwan Al-Hams, warned that “the capacity of hospitals in Rafah cannot bear the large number of casualties resulting from the Israeli bombing.”
The Israeli occupation army spokesman claimed that "the Israeli forces carried out a series of attacks on specific targets in the Al-Shaboura area in the southern Gaza Strip."
The occupation also claimed that it “carried out a special operation in Rafah during which it released two Israeli prisoners,” announcing that one of its soldiers was injured.
In addition, the Israeli occupation artillery intensively, violently, and continuously bombed the southern areas of the city of Khan Yunis, coinciding with air strikes in that area.
A female citizen was martyred and a number of other citizens were injured by occupation army sniper bullets inside the Nasser Medical Hospital in Khan Yunis.
A number of casualties also occurred as a result of the occupation aircraft bombing "Al-Ghurab" family home in the new camp north of Al-Nuseirat.
Yesterday, Sunday, the toll of the ongoing Israeli aggression rose to 28,176 martyrs, in addition to 67,784 wounded with various injuries, including serious and very serious, since last October 7.