Gaza, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- According to Palestinian television station 21**, the Israeli army has been intensively bombarding several areas in the central and southern Gaza Strip since the night of Feb. 20, killing at least 35 people.
According to the report, the Israeli army launched an airstrike on a house in Deir al-Ballah in the central Gaza Strip on the night of the 20th, killing at least 15 people, and a large number of people are still buried under the rubble. In addition, the Israeli army launched an attack on a car in Deir al-Bailah in the early morning of the 21st, killing six people.
The report also said that the Israeli army continued to intensively bomb the southern city of Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip on the 21st, killing at least six people. In the early hours of the same day, Israeli forces also launched airstrikes on homes in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah, killing at least eight people.
Sources in the Gaza Strip told Xinhua News Agency that Israeli forces continued to fight with Palestinian militants in the Zaiton district in the south of Gaza City on the 21st.
According to data released by the Palestinian health department in the Gaza Strip on the 21st, the Israeli army's attacks on the Gaza Strip in the past 24 hours have killed 118 people and injured 163 people. Since the outbreak of a new round of Palestinian-Israeli conflict on October 7 last year, Israel's military operations in the Gaza Strip have caused more than 2930,000 people died, more than 690,000 people were injured. (ENDS).