Video: Israel continues bombing Gaza as death toll surpasses 40,000
Gaza (Quds News Network)- Israel’s latest bombing and artillery attacks have hit areas of north, central and southern Gaza overnight, as the death toll of the ongoing genocide war has surpassed 40,000.
-Bombardment of a family home in Gaza City’s Daraj neighborhood, killing five people and injuring eight
-Israeli air strike on a residential building in Jabalia, northern Gaza, killing seven people
-Air raid at the entrance to the town of az-Zawayda in central Gaza, killing one person
-Shelling of a home in Nuseirat area, killing one person
-Quadcopter attack east of Nuseirat, killing one person
-Shelling of homes in Gaza City’s Zeitoun neighborhood
-Shelling in western Rafah
-Bombing of a home in Bureij camp
At least five civilians were brutally massacred last night in an Israeli airstrike targeting a residential apartment belonging to the Abdel Wahed family in the neighborhood of al-Daraj in Gaza City. pic.twitter.com/dgEjWOQZrb
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) August 16, 2024
A young girl was injured last night after an Israeli airstrike hit a home in the Daraj neighborhood of Gaza City. pic.twitter.com/j8Wihf8DYZ
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) August 16, 2024
Heartbreaking moment: Ahmad Zaqout bids farewell to his baby son, Bilal, who was killed in the Israeli bombardment of the Abu Sabika family home in Gaza. pic.twitter.com/RPfJXBgT4w
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) August 16, 2024
On Thursday, the Palestinian Health Ministry said the death toll of the Israeli aggression on Gaza since October 7 has surpassed 40,000, with more than 92,401 wounded and an estimated 10,000 missing, likely dead and buried under rubble.
Health officials reported that around 33 percent of the victims are children, 18.4 percent are women, and 8.6 percent are elders.
The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (Unrwa) also said the death toll in Gaza crossing 40,000 was a “very grim milestone”.
“Forty-thousand lives reportedly gone in just over 10 months in Gaza. And possibly, it’s even more. Whatever dispute there is over the numbers, there is no dispute over the immense suffering,” he posted on X.
“This is a direct result of a collective failure to reach a ceasefire,” he noted, adding that more than 200 Unrwa members had been killed in the 10-month-long war.
