Gaza City, May 13: Israeli fighter jets have continued attacking high-rise buildings and other targets in the Gaza Strip as Israel boosted its deployment of troops and tanks near the besieged Palestinian enclave on Thursday.
Palestinians marked the first day of Eid al-Fitr religious holiday under relentless aerial bombardment with Gaza’s health ministry saying at least 87 people, including 18 children, have been killed since the Israeli offensive began late on Monday. More than 530 others have been wounded.
At least six Israelis and one Indian national have also been killed. The Israeli army said hundreds of rockets have been fired from Gaza towards various locations in Israel and they have added reinforcements near the enclave’s eastern lands.
There have also been more violent confrontations between Jewish Israelis and Palestinian citizens of Israel in several cities inside Israel.
Gaza death toll reaches 87
The number of Palestinians killed in the Gaza Strip has now risen to 87, including 18 children and eight women, the local health ministry has said.
At least 530 others have been wounded amid the continuing violence.
Palestinian citizens of Israel attacked
Riya Al-Sanah, a Palestinian activist and resident in Haifa, said: “We need to set the record straight on something. This is not a civil war. We Palestinians in so-called Israel are a colonised people.”
“This started in 1948 with the establishment of the Israeli state and the colonisation of Palestine. So, it’s not correct to describe it [the inter-communal violence] as a civil war. This situation is the continuation of a process that started long time ago.
“There’s quite a lot of fear amongst Palestinian communities. We’re not only facing structured violence by the Israeli state, police institutions and the military, we’re also seeing organised and armed mobs of Zionists roaming the streets, looking for Palestinians and attacking them,” he said.
“Yesterday in Haifa, mobs that roamed the streets looking for Palestinians to attack, were being protected by the police. The police themselves went into people’s homes and attacked them viciously and violently.”
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