When seven weeks have passed since the beginning of the war between Israel and Hamasat least 26 people have been killed and 23 seriously injured after an Israeli bombardment against a residential area in the town of Khan Younis, in the Gaza Stripas reported to the AFP agency by the director of the Nasser hospital.
For its part, the Palestinian news agency Wafa claims that “occupation planes” launched several attacks in a row against the residential area of Medina Hamd and that most of the deceased are children.
Meanwhile, a first fuel delivery entered the Gaza Strip to reactivate hospital generators and telecommunications networks. At the request of the United States, Israel authorized the daily entry of two tanker trucks.
An official at the Rafah border post between Gaza and Egypt said late Friday that 17,000 liters of fuel had been delivered to power the generators of Gaza’s telecommunications operator.