Israeli Airstrikes on Gaza Leave Trail of Death and Destruction
In pictures: Distressing scenes from Deir Al-Balah after a bloody night in which over 30 Palestinian civilians were savagely massacred in central Gaza, including children and entire families, by Israeli airstrikes and U.S.-manufactured missiles and bombs. pic.twitter.com/BGckI3FiHF
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) May 20, 2025
In this context, Palestinian sources reported that 'at least 60 citizens were martyred as a result of the ongoing Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip since dawn on Tuesday.' They continued, 'Citizens were injured as a result of an Israeli drone strike on the Ma'an area east of Khan Yunis on Tuesday morning.'
Israeli airstrikes targeted the main medicine warehouse at Nasser Hospital in southern Gaza and the generators at the Indonesian Hospital in northern Gaza.https://t.co/ru1UiiGOU3
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) May 19, 2025
Eyewitnesses described harrowing scenes of charred bodies pulled from the rubble of destroyed buildings. An Israeli drone strike on the Indonesian Hospital in northern Gaza wounded several more, while heavy artillery fire pounded the Nuseirat refugee camp. The home of the al-Maqeed family in Jabalia was reduced to rubble by an airstrike, killing nine.
In Khan Yunis, at least 15 perished when Israeli jets targeted a petrol station sheltering the displaced. Residential buildings, homes, and more schools came under a hail of bombs and shells across the besieged Palestinian enclave from Beit Lahia in the north to Deir al-Balah and Khan Yunis in the south. Scores more have been wounded in the onslaught, overwhelming Gaza's already strained hospitals.
Heartbroken Osama Abu Musabbah bids a sorrowful farewell to his entire family, including his children and wife, who were brutally massacred last night in an Israeli attack on their location of displacement in Deir Al-Balah, central Gaza. pic.twitter.com/NTYabKkiTQ
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) May 20, 2025
Media sources noted that 'the occupation forces committed a new massacre after targeting the Musa bin Nusair School, which houses displaced persons in the Al-Daraj neighborhood in central Gaza City, with two Israeli suicide drones, resulting in at least 10 martyrs whose bodies were charred, in addition to a number of wounded.'
Five members from the Al-Khour family were pulled out from under the rubble after their home was bombed in the Al-Sabra neighborhood in Gaza City. pic.twitter.com/PZ4gPyu2o7
— Eye on Palestine (@EyeonPalestine) May 19, 2025
The sources reported that 'the occupation forces perpetrated a massacre after their aircraft bombed the Radi petrol station west of the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip, which houses displaced persons, resulting in 15 martyrs.'
They also noted that 'the occupation army blew up residential buildings west of the city of Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip.' They added, 'Ten martyrs and a number of wounded were killed when their aircraft bombed the Abu Samra family home in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip.'
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