At least 18 people, including women and children, have died from the Israeli bombings of the last few hours in Deir al Bala and Rafáthe latter town in the south of the Gaza Strip where the Palestinian population forcibly displaced from other parts of the enclave is found in critical subsistence conditions.

As medical sources have informed the official Palestinian news agency WAFA, all the victims were in three homes hit by artillery attacks and air attacks by the Israeli Army, without giving further details at the moment.

The Palestinian agency reports another death in Gaza City, specifically after being shot by an Israeli sniper in the Al Nasr neighborhood. On the other hand, the Israeli Army has confirmed in the last few hours that “dozens” of Hamas militiamen They have died during the latest military operations in the north and center of Gaza, as well as in the city of Khan Younis, in the south of the enclave and one of the epicenters of the conflict for weeks.

In one of the operations, the Israeli Army has entered the Shati refugee camp, where it has been eliminated “a terrorist cell” that he was hiding weapons in bags, according to the Army’s latest assessment.

Another “terrorist cell” has also been eliminated in Khan Younis, specifically after its members launched an anti-tank projectile against an Israeli military vehicle. The Army has also reported that its forces have carried out an assault against a building in this city in which they have found several weapons, including rocket launchers and grenades, as well as military diving equipment.

The Ministry of Health of the Gaza Strip this Friday raised the number to more than 27,100 the provisional death toll since the start of the Israeli military offensivestarted on October 7 in response to attacks carried out by Hamas that left some 1,200 dead.

The offensive has also pushed more than 1.7 million people to leave their homes and, for the most part, they gather in the southern area of ​​the Strip, where the attacks are now concentrated. The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has warned of a “catastrophic” situation from a humanitarian point of view.