Israel attacks more families, kills 65 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip

Admin I Wednesday, October 16, 2024

GAZA, Palestine  – The Israeli Defence Forces, IDF continued its war of extermination in the Gaza Strip, attacking families resulting in the death of 65 Palestinians, while 140 others were injured, the Palestinian Ministry of Health has said.

In a statement, the ministery said the latest statistics represent the total number of martyrs in the last 24 hours, adding that the collective death toll since October 7th now stands at 42, 409, while 99, 153 Palestinians have sustained injuries.

“The “israeli” occupation has committed 6 massacres against families in the Gaza Strip, with 65 martyrs and 140 injuries reaching the hospitals in the past 24 hours” the ministry said of strikes ac Gaza on the 367 day of indiscriminate killing in Gaza.

“Some of the victims are still under the rubble and in the streets, and the ambulance and civil defense teams are unable to reach them”, the ministry added.

Meanwhile, the said the Israeli security forces simultaneously thwarted two attempted attacks in the area of the Menashe Regional Brigade

“A short while ago, IDF soldiers identified a suspect adjacent to the security fence in the buffer zone area, outside of the community of Reihan.

” IDF soldiers were dispatched to the scene and apprehended the terrorist, who was armed with a handgun and an M16 riffle.

“The terrorist was transferred to Israeli security forces for further questioning.

“Simultaneously, undercover Israel Border Police forces, with the direction of the ISA, operated in the area of Jenin to apprehend a wanted individual who was planning to carry out a terrorist attack in the immediate future. During exchanges of fire with the suspect, who had barricaded himself inside a building, the forces eliminated him. No IDF injuries were reported”, the IDF said.