Gaza Strip - August 28, 2024

The Palestinian death toll from the ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip had mounted to 40,691, the health authorities in the besieged enclave said in a statement on Saturday.

The number of injured had risen to 94,060 in Gaza since the latest round of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict broke out on October 7, 2023, according to the statement.

The health authorities also reported heavy casualties during the past 48 hours, with 89 lives lost and 205 people injured amid the ongoing Israeli military attacks.

On Saturday, Gaza City and other places were attacked by the Israeli army, resulting in deaths of dozens of Palestinians, the Palestinian News and Information Agency reported.

Palestinian armed groups said that their members sniped Israeli soldiers in the Gaza Strip and attacked military bases in Israel on Saturday.

Also on Saturday, the Israeli forces raided two neighborhoods in the southern part of Gaza City and the Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip. They also bombarded the Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip and a house in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, according to Palestinian media reports.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced on Saturday that the Israeli forces continued operations in Gaza City and the central and southern parts of the Gaza Strip, killing a number of armed men and clearing infrastructure and military buildings that posed a threat to the Israeli forces.

The IDF said that it had killed Muhammad Katrouy, a commander of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad's (PIJ) Central Camps Brigade, in an airstrike in central Gaza.

It said in a statement that Katrouy was killed on Thursday in a joint operation with the Shin Bet, Israel's internal security service.

Meanwhile, Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, said in a statement on Saturday that they had sniped an Israeli soldier in Gaza City. In the central Gaza Strip's Netzarim Corridor, the Al-Quds Brigades cooperated with Hamas's Izz ad-Din al-Qassam armed wing to bombard Israeli personnel and vehicles with mortars.

Al-Quds Brigades also released a video showing their armed members using mortars and rockets to attack Zikkim army base in southern Israel.

Israel has been launching a large-scale offensive against Hamas in Gaza to retaliate against a Hamas rampage through the southern Israeli border on Oct. 7, 2023, during which about 1,200 people were killed and more than 200 were taken hostage.

SHOTLIST:

Gaza Strip - Aug 28, 2024
1. Various of tents, children;

Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip - Aug 27, 2024
2. Various of displaced Palestinians living in tent, children dining;
3. Exterior of Al-Aqsa Hospital;
4. Patients in hospital;

Gaza Strip - Aug 28, 2024
5. Various of children in hospital;

Khan Younis, Gaza Strip - Aug 25, 2024
6. Various of destroyed buildings, debris;
7. Various of displaced residents, debris.

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