Israeli shelling injures several health ministry employees in central Gaza

By Hosni Nadim

GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Palestinian Health Ministry said Thursday that several employees were injured in Israeli artillery shelling in the central Gaza Strip.

An artillery shell hit near a vehicle carrying ministry employees near al-Zawayda town, injuring a number of staffers, the ministry added in a statement.

A ministry employee, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said shrapnel from the shell hit the vehicle and injured several staffers.

The Israeli army has continued a devastating offensive on the Gaza Strip since a Hamas attack last year, despite a UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate cease-fire.

More than 42,800 people have since been killed, mostly women and children, and over 100,500 others injured, according to local health authorities.

The Israeli onslaught on Gaza has displaced almost the territory’s entire population amid an ongoing blockade that has led to severe shortages of food, clean water, and medicine.

Israel faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its actions in Gaza.

*Writing by Ahmed Asmar