Ongoing mutual shelling: estimates of more military escalation in Gaza

Our correspondent stated that the Israeli army launched a series of "very violent" raids, in which they destroyed government centers and "homes of Hamas leaders," according to his announcement, in addition to raids targeting streets and infrastructure in the Gaza Strip. A spokesman for the Ministry of Interior in Gaza, Iyad Al-Bazm, said, "The occupation aircraft destroyed all the buildings of the police headquarters (passport department) in the central Gaza Strip."

The Israeli army announced that it "targeted about 500 sites and assassinated dozens of members of the factions in Gaza, after receiving orders from the political leadership to continue and expand its operations. The Israeli Security Minister, Benny Gantz, also approved the summoning of 5 thousand reserve soldiers to support the home front and the Operations Division."

Relatedly, the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza announced: “35 Palestinians were killed, including 12 children and 3 women, and 233 were injured due to the Israeli attack on Gaza,” adding, “The spokesman for the Ministry of Health in Gaza, Ashraf Al-Qidra: 43% of the victims of the continued Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip are children and women, as a result of the deliberate targeting of the homes of safe citizens and crowded residential neighborhoods. "

As the "Israeli" army announced, "More than 1000 rockets have been fired from the Gaza Strip so far, and have arrived as far as Tel Aviv and Beersheba."

While about 5 Israelis were killed in the missile strikes, and nearly 30 others were wounded, according to Israeli reports.

In the context, Israeli reports said that Israel had rejected a proposal from the United Nations to de-escalate the escalation, and our correspondent estimates that the coming hours may witness a shift in the path of escalation due to the increase in Israeli strikes on installations and infrastructure in Gaza, a step that the Palestinian factions are still warning about.

J.O