Israeli airstrikes on the Palestinian territory on Wednesday claimed 17 lives, including children, and injured others. The army says it was in retaliation for violating the ceasefire and attacking its soldiers.
The Civil Defense Authority in the Gaza Strip said that 17 people, including three children, were killed and others injured in Wednesday’s Israeli airstrikes in the Palestinian territory. The Israeli army says it launched the attack in response to shelling that injured one of its soldiers. TASR informs about it according to the report of the AFP agency.
Nasser’s hospital received three bodies after Israeli airstrikes in the town of Khan Younis, the authority said. Another six bodies were brought to Shifa Hospital after a similar attack on Gaza City. The French agency did not provide details on the remaining victims.
The reaction of the Israeli army
Israel’s military says it carried out “precision strikes” after “terrorists opened fire on soldiers” and seriously wounded one of them near the so-called of the yellow line, which marks the zone of Israeli control in the Palestinian enclave. He considers the incident a violation of the ceasefire.
The Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip, under the administration of the Palestinian militant group Hamas, says that at least 523 people have been killed in Israeli attacks since a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas took effect in October. The Israeli army claims that four soldiers were killed during the same period.
Limited media access
The limited possibilities of the media and access to Gaza do not allow the AFP agency to independently verify the numbers of victims or freely report on the clashes.
