Rafah: Tel Aviv maintains its offensive and in the Shujaiya neighborhood in Gaza City

At least seven people died this morning in Israeli attacks in the city of Rafahsouthern end of the Gaza Stripwhile the troops continue their offensive in the neighborhood of Shujaiyain Gaza City, where they returned last Thursday.

He Israeli Army He assured that during this weekend they have killed in the Shujaiya district a “dozens of terrorists in hand-to-hand combat and with the support of aerial fire”. Israel It is estimated that around 40 alleged combatants have fallen in that neighborhood in the southeast of the city of Gaza.

In the last day, 43 deaths have been recorded throughout the Strip and more than 100 wounded, bringing the total number of victims since the beginning of the war to 37,877 dead, most of them women and children, and 86,969 wounded, according to the Ministry of Health in Gazacontrolled by HamasIn addition, it is estimated that some 10,000 bodies are still trapped under the rubble.

Upon their operation in Shujaiya over the weekend, Israeli troops also raided a UN school that was being used as “hiding place and storage” by Hamas militiamen, where they found “weapons, grenades and valuable intelligence documents”.

“Soldiers located a war room in a medical clinic that contained communication devices, enemy documents and observation devices.“, reported the Army, which again accused the Islamists of “embedding themselves in civil structures for terrorist purposes”.

On the other hand, the Army indicated that it maintains its “intelligence-based operational activities in the area of Rafahat the southern end of the enclave, and in the center of the Strip”.

In Rafah, the troops “They eliminated several terrorists in different encounters“They dismantled tunnels in the area and destroyed a mortar launching base,” a military statement said.

Israel entered Rafah in early May, when there were 1.4 million displaced people in the city, and its tanks are now advancing through the western neighborhoods of the city, Tal al Sultan and the Saudi,where explosions were heard last night, according to Palestinian sources.

Israeli aircraft also bombed other neighborhoods in Gaza City, such as Al Tuffah, Sabra, Tal al Hawa o Al-Daraj,where one death has so far been confirmed when attacking a residential building.

Palestinian medical sources report deaths and injuries in all of these airstrikes, especially in Shujaiyawhere neither ambulances nor paramedics have been able to access due to the continuous shooting of Israeli troops.

“Our forces are operating in Rafah, in Shujaiya and throughout the Gaza Strip. Every day they eliminate dozens of terrorists. It is a tough fight that is fought on the surface, sometimes in face-to-face battles, and underground.“Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday, Benjamin Netanyahu.

The Israeli offensive, which is on its way to nine months, has left the Strip devastated and converted into an uninhabitable place with residential buildings, schools and hospitals reduced to rubble for a Gazan population at risk of famine.