Israeli army continues to bomb Gaza, storm cities in West Bank

GAZA, Palestine (AA) - The Israeli army continued to bomb several neighborhoods and sites in the Gaza Strip early Friday while also carrying out operations in several cities in the West Bank.

An Israeli aircraft targeted Al-Omari Mosque in the northern Gaza Strip, leading to its complete destruction, according to a statement by Gaza’s Interior Ministry.

The official WAFA news agency reported that Israeli air raids targeted the Al-Zahra Towers complex in southern Gaza, which was bombed more than once, as well as other sites near the neighborhoods of Al-Baidar, Sheikh Ajlin and Tal Al-Hawa.

It added that the Israeli army struck the Bureij camp in the middle of the Gaza Strip with artillery.

WAFA said Israeli warplanes also bombed a house in the city of Deir al-Balah in the middle of the Gaza Strip, resulting in injuries.

As of Thursday evening, the Health Ministry said that 3,785 people had been killed and more than 12,000 injured in the ongoing Israeli bombings on the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7.

In the West Bank, “a large Israeli force stormed the cities of Ramallah and Al-Bireh from several fronts” at dawn on Friday, according to WAFA.

Since early Thursday, the Israeli army has been carrying out several military operations in the West Bank, most notably in the Nour al-Shams refugee camp.

The Israeli operation in the camp resulted in the deaths of 12 people, according to the latest statistics announced by camp officials.

This brings the death toll in the West Bank since Oct. 7 to 80.