13 Palestinians were killed on Tuesday and others were injured when Israeli occupation warplanes bombed a Mustafa Hafez School housing displaced persons west of Gaza City. According to medical sources, at least 52 Palestinians were killed due to Israeli bombardment across Gaza within 24 hours.
Israel also bombed a market in the city of Deir al-Balah killing eight Palestinian civilians and injuring others.
In another incident, an Israeli drone airstrike four Palestinian civilians east of the city of Khan Younes, according to medical sources. They said that an Israeli military drone targeted a group of civilians at a telephone and Internet charging station in the Bani Suheila town, east of Khan Younes, killing four and injuring 10 others.
The Palestinian death toll from Israel’s deadly aggression against the Gaza Strip since October 7th, 2023, has now surged to 40,173.
This doesn’t include at least 10,000 people who are unaccounted for, presumed dead under the rubble of their homes throughout the Strip.
Hamas has accused the US of shifting the terms of ongoing ceasefire negotiations and showing “blind bias” towards Israel, as Blinken continues his trip to the region in Egypt.