The Israeli occupation forces continue their genocidal war against the people of the Gaza Strip for the 624th consecutive day, with intensive aerial and artillery bombardment targeting the displaced and starving, amid American political and military support, complete international silence, and unprecedented failure by the international community.
Palestinian media reported that the occupation launched dozens of airstrikes and committed further massacres, at a time when the suffering of more than two million displaced people is worsening, suffering from severe famine and a lack of basic necessities.
Gaza is starving. pic.twitter.com/QKiYVMuwDZ
— TIMES OF GAZA (@Timesofgaza) June 20, 2025
Medical sources announced the deaths of a number of civilians since dawn today, including people waiting for so-called “American humanitarian aid,” while others were wounded by Israeli fire in the central Gaza Strip.
The Israeli occupation army launched a series of airstrikes on the Shuja’iyya and al-Tuffah neighborhoods, and targeted the city of Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip. Artillery shelling also targeted the Batn al-Sameen area in the center of Khan Yunis and the vicinity of the Shawa gas station on the outskirts of the Shuja’iyya neighborhood in eastern Gaza.
In the early hours of Saturday morning, two civilians were wounded by Israeli occupation forces’ gunfire near tents sheltering displaced people in the Asdaa area, northwest of Khan Yunis. Meanwhile, Israeli forces opened heavy fire on the al-Satar al-Gharbi area, coinciding with artillery shelling north of the city.
On Friday evening, Israeli occupation forces blew up several civilian homes east of Jabalia, north of the Gaza Strip. Warplanes launched airstrikes on Khan Yunis to the south, and gunboats fired at fishing boats off the city’s coast.
In Gaza, Israeli occupation forces opened heavy fire east of the al-Tuffah neighborhood, while artillery shelled al-Sikka Street in the al-Zeitoun neighborhood, southeast of the city. They also shelled areas northeast of the al-Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.
Seven civilians were killed Friday evening when a shelling targeted a tent housing displaced people near the Darabiya roundabout in the al-Nasr neighborhood of Gaza City. A child was killed and several others were injured in the shelling at the Kuwait Specialized Field Hospital west of Khan Yunis.
Later, medical sources confirmed the deaths of four martyrs as a result of the targeting of a group of citizens near the Al-Oyoun Junction, west of Gaza City.
A young man, Mahmoud Jabr Al-Katnani, was also martyred, and his brother was critically injured after they were targeted by a bomb dropped by a Quadcopter drone in front of their home on Yaffa Street, north of Gaza.
Source: Agencies (translated and edited by Al-Manar English Website)
