Nine civilians killed, others injured in Israeli air raid on Gaza City

GAZA: Nine civilians were killed and others were injured tonight in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City. WAFA correspondent reported that the bodies of five family members arrived at the Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City following the bombing of an apartment belonging to the Banaat family in the vicinity of a mosque in central Gaza City. The five were identified as Kamal Awad Banaat, his son Abdul Salam, and his daughters Raghad, Hidaya and Rama. Awad's daughter, Rawaa, is still missing. Additionally, paramedics recovered the bodies of four people, in addition to several wounded people from under the rubble of an apartment belonging to the Al-Ghafri family in the al-Tuffah neighborhood east of Gaza city. The number of civilians killed in the Gaza Strip since the start of the Israeli aggression on October 7, 2023, has risen to 37,953, the majority of whom are children and women. The number of injuries has reached 87,266. Thousands of victims remain trapped under the rubble and scattered on the streets, as res cue teams face tremendous difficulties in reaching them. Source: Palestine news & Information Agency - WAFA