The Civil Defense in the Gaza Strip said that its crews found charred bodies of Palestinians and completely burned homes in the industrial area and Tel al-Hawa in Gaza City after the Israeli army withdrew from the area.
The Civil Defense added today, Friday, that its crews “have retrieved 18 martyrs so far from the industrial area and Tal al-Hawa, west of Gaza, after the occupation forces’ vehicles withdrew from the area at dawn today.”
He pointed out that “the scene now in the industrial area is very difficult and tragic after the withdrawal of the occupation army from it, as there are dozens of bodies of martyrs scattered in the alleys and inside the destroyed houses, in addition to the burning of many houses that the occupation army set on fire before withdrawing, as our crews are working in partnership with service providers to recover these bodies.”
For his part, the government media office in Gaza said: “We are receiving news of serious atrocities committed by the occupation in the Tel al-Hawa neigh
borhood in Gaza City.”
He added that “the occupation forces are still stationed in areas despite their withdrawal from Tal al-Hawa and the industrial zone.”
He continued: “We warned citizens against moving around the Tal al-Hawa neighborhood and the industrial area despite the occupation’s withdrawal.”
He explained that “there are fears that the fires that broke out in a number of warehouses and houses in Tal al-Hawa will spread.”
“The lack of fuel and the destruction of infrastructure are hindering the recovery of the martyrs in Tal al-Hawa,” he said.
The government media office confirmed that “the occupation wants to force the people of Gaza not to return to the northern Gaza Strip at all.”
The Israeli army destroyed the “Friends of the Patient” hospital in the center of Gaza City, and also destroyed the Mashtaha Tower at Ansar roundabout west of Gaza City in the last invasion.
Local sources said, “Three martyrs, including an infant, were killed after the occupation forces bombed a house in the Al-Mu
fti area, north of the Al-Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip, this morning.”
The sources added that “a number of the injured, including a girl whose injuries were described as serious, were transferred to Al-Awda Hospital in Al-Nuseirat camp as a result of the shelling.”
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) reported that 14,000 displaced persons are crammed into a school in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip in harsh conditions.
In the southern Gaza Strip, our correspondent said that Israeli aircraft fired west of Rafah city.
In a separate context, the Israeli army said in a statement on Friday, “Yesterday, Thursday, several rockets were identified as coming from the Beit Hanoun area (northern Gaza) and fell in open areas near southern Israel, and no injuries were reported.”
The statement added: “Then the Israeli Air Force bombed terrorist targets in the area from which the rockets were launched.”
He continued: “The Israeli forces continue their operational
activity based on intelligence information in the Rafah area (south of Gaza), and during the past day our forces were able to eliminate many terrorists and dismantle the terrorist infrastructure in the area.”
The statement concluded: “Based on intelligence information, the Israeli army operating in central Gaza found a weapons production workshop in addition to a large amount of money used in terrorist activity. The terrorists who posed a threat to the forces in the area were also eliminated.”
Source: Maan News Agency