Palestinian resistance fighters are heroically confronting Israeli occupation despite the brutal aggression on Gaza Strip on day 322.
Palestinian media reported that Israeli attacks have killed 12 Palestinians in Gaza since morning on Friday, as the occupation continues to expand its ground operation in Khan Younis and Deir Al-Balah.
Israeli warplanes continue their strikes on the Al Zaytoun neighborhood of Gaza City since the early morning hours. pic.twitter.com/SEpoY4tV7p
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) August 23, 2024
Health Ministry in Gaza announced that the number of Palestinians martyred since the start of the war on October 7 reached 40,265, adding that the number of injured people rose to 93,144.
Meanwhile, the UN’s agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) said it will begin vaccinating Gaza’s children for polio at the end of the month, as fears of an outbreak of the disease have been growing.
First case of polio in 25 years confirmed in #Gaza@UNRWA, the largest primary healthcare provider in the #GazaStrip, will vaccinate children in both our primary healthcare centres & mobile clinics starting at the end of the month
Now is the time to prioritise children’s health https://t.co/ziZm2lvUrj
— UNRWA (@UNRWA) August 23, 2024
Palestinian Resistance
On the other hand, the Palestinian resistance factions continue to target the Israeli enemy trying to advance across the Gaza Strip.
The Zeitoun neighborhood in Gaza City witnessed violent clashes, with the resistance groups announcing in successive statements that it had achieved confirmed casualties among the enemy army, while Israeli helicopters were spotted transporting casualties.
Israeli media reported ‘difficult incident’ in Gaza, with Zionist media outlets reporting casualties among occupation forces.
Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas resistance movement, announced its fighters have been engaging in fierce clashes with occupation forces in Zeitoun Neighborhood.
The group also said that an Israeli Merkava was damaged as resistance fighters fired Yassine-105 shell and tandem-charge weapon at the tank in Tal Al-Sultan neighborhood in the southern Gazan city of Rafah.
For its part, Al-Quds Brigades, the Islamic Jihad’s military wing, announced fierce clashes between its fighters and occupation forces in Gaza City’s Zeitoun Neighborhood.
It added that resistance fighters fired mortar shells at occupation forces in Zeitoun Neighborhood.
Source: Palestinian media
