INTERNATIONAL

Last survivors killed: 47 Palestinian families expunged from Civil Registry

By News Desk

October 16, 2023

Forty-seven (47) families have been removed from the civil registry of Palestine following the loss of their last surviving members during the ongoing attacks by Israeli forces on Palestine, Syrian Arab News Agency reported.

The Israeli forces targetted a group of Palestinians burying martyrs in Deir al-Balah cemetery, while seven more were killed in an airstrike on their home in Nuseirat camp in Gaza.

The local media from Palestine has reported of continuous artillery bombardment by Israeli occupation from east of Rafah to east of Khan Yunis while the Palestinian groups have targetted areas east of “Miflasim” settlement with missile strikes.

Earlier, the Israeli aircrafts bombrd Beit Lahia police station in besieged northern Gaza Strip in which several police personnel were killed.

The number of Palestinian martyrs reaches 2,329, with 9,042 injured due to ongoing Israeli aggression in Gaza.

More than 300 Palestinians have been killed and 800 others injured in the past 24 hours due to continued Israeli bombing in Gaza.

Meanwhile, the World Health Organization has condemned Israel’s failure to evacuate 22 hospitals in Gaza despite repeated demands for evacuation.

Israel has begun evacuating the last 7,000 settlers from Sderot settlement, out of the initial 35,000 before Operation “Al-Aqsa Flood.”