20-04-2024 09:59 AM Jerusalem Timing

Israeli Bombing of Shujaiya Market Kills 17 despite Mock Ceasefire

Israeli Bombing of Shujaiya Market Kills 17 despite Mock Ceasefire

The Zionist occupation army announced Wednesday a one-sided truce for 4 hours (3:00-7:00 p.m.) and deceptively shelled a market in Shujaiyya as well as number of homes across the Gaza Strip, claiming at least 33 Palestinians

Palestinian children martyred during Israel's brutal offensive on Gaza

The Zionist occupation army announced Wednesday a one-sided truce for 4 hours (3:00-7:00 p.m.) and deceptively shelled a market in Shujaiyya as well as number of homes across the Gaza Strip, claiming at least 33 Palestinian martyrs.


Gaza Ministry of Health spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra said around 6 p.m. that an Israeli airstrike had hit Shujaiyya market, killing at least 17, including a journalist, and injuring 200.

The Ministry of Health in Gaza said that the dead including a journalist and two paramedics, as well as a member of the civil defense crews.

Sources named the journalist as Rami Ryan, a photographer for the Palestinian Network for Journalism and Media.

Bodies were still being pulled from the rubble, with medics estimating that dozens had been killed and injured.

That attack brought the toll since the ceasefire to at least 29, with 12 killed earlier.

Four were killed in shelling on a home in al-Qarara in Khan Younis.

Strikes were reported in Juhr al-Dik, al-Bureij, Deir al-Balah, and many other districts across Gaza.

One airstrike hit the al-Basha building in Gaza, which houses a number of press offices.

The violations of the mock ceasefire brought the day's total Palestinian deaths to 103, as the total Palestinian death toll in the 23-day offensive hit 1,325 with more than 7,000 injured.

Yoav Mordechai, the Israeli coordinator of military activities, said earlier that Israeli forces would stop attacks for four hours starting at 3 p.m.

The Palestinian resistance movement of Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said that 'Israel' imposed the ceasefire only for "media consumption."

Abu Zuhri said the truce was "worthless" given that it excluded parts of the Gaza Strip where Israeli forces were operating.

Earlier in the day, Israeli occupation forces killed over 70 Palestinians, bringing the total number of Gazans killed since the beginningof the offensive up past 1,300.

The deadliest Israeli attack on Wednesday was a shelling on a UN-designated shelter in Jabaliya refugee camp which left at least 16 dead.

Chris Gunness, the spokesman for the UN's Palestinian refugee agency, condemned the attack in a statement made on Twitter.

"UNRWA condemns in the strongest possible terms this serious violation of international law by Israeli forces," Gunness said.