Intense Israeli Bombing on Central and Southern Gaza Strip

Palestinian news agency "Shehab" reported today, Tuesday, that Israeli planes launched a barrage of fire east of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, without mentioning any details about casualties. The agency indicated that the airstrikes, which it described as intense, are targeting the city that Israel has focused most of its ground operations on since the end of consecutive ceasefires that lasted for a week in November. "Shehab" also reported that Israeli artillery bombarded the Al-Maghazi camp in central Gaza, and there were reports of violent clashes between Palestinian militants and Israeli soldiers in the areas of Al-Tuffah and Al-Daraj, northeast of Gaza City. Palestinian media also mentioned the death of 5 youths by Israeli forces' gunfire in Qalqilya in the West Bank. The Gaza Strip mourned over 150 of its residents on the first day of the new year after Israel entered 2023, while the ongoing war in the besieged strip is approaching its third month with the death toll rising to about 22,000. Battles between Israel and Hamas have been ongoing since the latest round of fighting erupted on October 7, following a surprise attack by the Palestinian movement on Israeli towns, camps, and settlements near Gaza, a day that Israel claims ended with 1,200 casualties.