Thursday, August 8, 2024 – The Gaza Strip
General
‣ 22 persons killed;
‣ 77 persons wounded;
‣ The army issued an immediate evacuation order to inhabitants of east Khan Yunis (who had only recently returned to their homes). Displaced persons move to the western part of town;
‣ 24 hours*.
Khan Yunis
Northern Strip
1. Gaza City:
‣ Al Sabra (south) - night artillery fire. Daytime artillery fire;
‣ West - aerial bombing. Artillery fire at industrial zone in Tel Al Hawa;
‣ Al Daraj (center) - house bombed. Aerial raid, 5 persons killed and others wounded;
‣ Al Tufah (east) - aerial bombing of two schools sheltering displaced persons (al Hamuda and Al Zaharaa schools).
15 persons killed, 30 wounded and several missing, most of the killed and wounded persons were children;
‣ Al Zeitoun (south-east) - artillery fire all day. A body extracted from the rubble. 3 bodies extracted from house rubble;
‣ Sheikh Za'id (north) - aerial bombing;
‣ Sheikh Radwan (north-west) - aerial bombing of house.
2. Beit Lahia:
‣ Night artillery fire, fires break out.
3. Jabalia refugee camp:
‣ Artillery fire and fires east of camp;
‣ House bombed. Killed persons. Their number unclear.
4. Beit Hanoun:
Artillery fire, 2 persons killed. Artillery fire east of town.
Central Strip
1. Deir Al Balah:
‣ Residential buildings bombed;
‣ Artillery fire in eastern part of town.
2. Al Bureij refugee camp:
‣ Bombing, 15 persons killed, among them babies, 3 girls, 2 women.
3. Nuseirat refugee camp:
‣ Bombing in the north-west, 4 persons killed;
‣ 3 bodies extracted from rubble north of the camp.
Southern Strip
1. Khan Yunis and surroundings:
‣ House bombed at Abasan Al Kabira, wounded persons;
‣ Tent bombed, a mother and her 4 children killed;
‣ Bani Suheila - drone attack, one person killed;
‣ House bombed at Abasan Al Kabira, 3 persons killed;
‣ Shelling from the sea at Al Mawasi.
2. Rafah:
‣ Bombing in northern part of town, 2 persons killed;
‣ Artillery fire from west of town.
* Twelve noon of the previous day to twelve noon of the current day.
Sources
Addameer, Al Jazeera, Amar Assadi Telegram, BBC, Colonization & Wall Resistance Commission, Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs, DCI - Palestine, Democracy Now, Genocide in Gaza, Haaretz, HRANA - Human Rights Activists News Agency, IDF (Israel Defence Forces), International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, Jordan Valley Activists, Letters of American healthcare workers who worked in Gaza, Local Call, Looking the Occupation in the Eye, Masafering (Outside the Herd), Matan Golan, Middle East Eye, Ministry of Public Health – Gaza, Ministry of Public Health - Lebanon, OCHA Lebanon, OCHA OPT, Palestine Datasets, Palestine Red Crescent Society, Palestinian Health Ministry, Quds News, Reuters, Rosa News, South Hebron Mountain Activists, Ta'ayush, Tasnim News Agency, Tech for Palestine, The Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), The Washington Post, UNICEF, Wafa News Agency, West Bank Notifications, WHO, yNet, Zirat War
