At least 31 Palestinians killed Saturday in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip

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June 29 (EUROPA PRESS) –

At least 31 Palestinians have died this Saturday since dawn in different attacks and bombings by the Israeli Armed Forces in different parts of the Gaza Strip, according to Palestinian health sources.

Thirteen people have died in bombings on the city of Rafah in the south of the Palestinian enclave, according to health sources consulted by the pan-Arab television station Al Jazeera.

Six more people have been killed in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City, Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Among the dead are two children.

Israeli forces have used artillery fire and air strikes in several nighttime attacks on the Gaza Strip. Among the areas attacked are refugee camps in the Rafah, Khan Yunis and Gaza City regions.

The Israeli Armed Forces have reported the death of “numerous terrorists” killed in military operations in recent hours and refers specifically to the Gazan neighborhood of Sheyaiya (north), Rafá (south) and the Netzarim Corridor, in the center of the enclave.

The Al Quds Brigades, the armed wing of Islamic Jihad, have reported that they have attacked Israeli soldiers with a bomb planted in the Shejaiya neighborhood. Specifically, they claim that they have launched a mortar projectile against a concentration of Israeli military vehicles that entered the neighborhood.

In Shejaiya, “numerous terrorists” have died in shootouts with members of the 98th Division, which has located a weapons warehouse in a school. In addition, Israeli drones have bombed several cells of armed militiamen who were preparing attacks against the troops.

Meanwhile, in Rafá, troops from the 162nd Division have killed several militiamen and the Air Force has bombed several targets of “terrorist groups”, including several tunnels.

Finally, in the Netzarim Corridor, the forces of the 99th Division killed several more “terrorists” with machine gun fire and by calling in air support. Also in central Gaza, they destroyed an anti-tank missile launch site.