At least 3 Palestinians Reported Killed in Israeli Bombing of Gaza Strip

25 Jul

9:25 PM

Despite a ceasefire established Saturday between Israel and Palestinian resistance groups, Israel has continued its bombing campaign against the Gaza Strip, with four Palestinians reportedly killed in eastern Gaza Wednesday night. No Palestinian shells have been fired toward Israel since the ceasefire, despite continued Israeli violations.

On Wednesday night, as Israeli artillery shells and drones began pounding eastern Gaza, Palestinian resistance groups reportedly fired back, wounding two Israeli soldiers. Some Israeli media sources claimed that the Palestinian resistance fired first, but live streams posted by Palestinians on Twitter and Facebook show that the drone strikes preceded the reports of Palestinians shooting toward the Israeli military base in eastern Gaza.

Some local media sources have reported that four Palestinians were killed, identifying them as Obada Al-Farwana, Taha Hararah, Ahmad Albassous, and Tawfiq Alwadia. But other local sources, including Al-Quds News, say that three were killed and one was critically injured.

In addition to those killed, a number of Palestinians were reportedly injured by Israeli artillery fire and drone strikes.

This follows a drone strike by Israeli forces on Wednesday which wounded three Palestinians.

Over the past hundred days, Israeli forces have killed 147 Palestinians, and wounded more than 17,000 participating in non-violent protests at the border between Gaza and Israel. No Israelis were killed in Gaza until this past Friday, when Israeli bombs killed two Palestinian children, and Palestinian fighters fired at an Israeli military base with gunfire, killing one soldier. Four Palestinian fighters were killed in that exchange of fire. Later that night, Israeli forces dropped more than two dozen bombs on the Gaza Strip, then negotiated a ceasefire through Egyptian mediators.