Ammon News - At least 56 Palestinians, including women and children, have been killed and dozens more injured as Israeli airstrikes and artillery attacks continued to pound various areas across the Gaza Strip since early Saturday morning, according to local health authorities.

The body of a woman was recovered and four others—children and elderly—were injured following an Israeli artillery shelling that targeted a tent sheltering displaced people in the Al-Mawasi area, west of Khan Younis in southern Gaza.

In the central part of the Strip, a Palestinian man identified as Ismail Darwish succumbed to serious injuries sustained during an overnight airstrike that hit his family home in Nuseirat refugee camp. The same strike initially claimed the lives of nine members of the Darwish family when their house was bombed by Israeli warplanes.

Meanwhile, Israeli artillery targeted Al-Tuffah neighborhood in eastern Gaza City, while simultaneous shelling hit the eastern outskirts of Al-Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza. The attacks were accompanied by heavy gunfire from Israeli military vehicles.

In the southern city of Rafah, Israeli naval forces opened fire with heavy machine guns along the city’s coastline.

The ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza since October 2023 has so far resulted in at least 51,157 documented Palestinian fatalities, with over 116,724 others injured.

Thousands of victims are feared trapped under rubble, inaccessible to emergency and civil defense teams due to Israeli attacks.

Israel's genocidal attacks continue unabated despite calls from the UN Security Council for an immediate ceasefire and directives from the International Court of Justice urging measures to prevent genocide and alleviate the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza. WAFA