19-03-2024 09:25 AM Jerusalem Timing

Gaza Death Toll Hits 166 As Zionist Brutality Enters 6th Day

Gaza Death Toll Hits 166 As Zionist Brutality Enters 6th Day

Zionist strikes on Gaza killed a teenage boy and a woman on Sunday, medics said, raising the overall death toll to 166 as the punishing air campaign entered its sixth day.

Palestine: Zionist air strike on GazaZionist strikes on Gaza killed a teenage boy and a woman on Sunday, medics said, raising the overall death toll to 166 as the punishing air campaign entered its sixth day.

According to emergency services spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra, one strike on the northern town of Jabaliya struck a house, killing a 14-year-old boy.

Shortly afterwards, another strike killed a woman in the Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza, he said.

Elsewhere, a man injured in an earlier strike died of his wounds, hiking the toll to 166, Qudra said.

More than 1,000 people have been injured.

Saturday was the bloodiest day by far of the operation, with 52 people killed.

The deadliest strike was in Gaza City just before midnight (21:00 GMT) in the eastern Tuffah district where 18 people were killed in strikes that hit the house of Hamas police chief Tayseer al-Batsh and a mosque, medics said.

Batsh survived but was reportedly in critical condition, with around 50 people injured in the strikes.

Zionist enemy launched its offensive, dubbed "Operation Protective Edge" before dawn on Tuesday, targeting every civilian in the place.

Since then, the Palestinian resistance launched around 655 rockets have hit the occupied territories, while some were intercepted by the Iron Dome missile defense system.

No Israelis have been claimed killed, while two people have been badly hurt, medics said.

By Sunday morning, the Zionist military said it had struck 1,320 "terror
targets" across Gaza, and more than 20 targets were hit overnight. However, videos of the operation reveal that all targets hit were civilian and no military facilities of Resistance were declared under attack.