The Israeli occupation army has intensified its bloody assault on the Gaza Strip, killing at least 45 Palestinians and injuring scores more in a new wave of airstrikes across the besieged enclave on Wednesday.

According to local sources, 23 of the martyrs were from Gaza City, where Israeli warplanes pounded residential neighborhoods throughout the day. The attacks left homes in ruins and entire families buried under rubble, further worsening the already catastrophic humanitarian situation.

In Gaza City’s Shati refugee camp, six Palestinians were killed and several others injured when occupation jets struck homes in the crowded camp. Another Israeli airstrike near the Baptist Hospital killed two more civilians and injured dozens of others, terrorizing patients and displaced families sheltering nearby.

Further south, rescue teams reported that five Palestinians were killed and over 50 wounded when Israeli aircraft targeted a gathering of displaced people waiting for desperately needed humanitarian aid near a distribution center north of Rafah.

In Khan Younis, the Nasser Medical Complex confirmed that five more Palestinians were killed when the occupation bombed a tent sheltering displaced families in Al-Mawasi – an area that had previously been declared a “safe zone.”

Meanwhile, in Al-Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, an Israeli strike killed a father, his pregnant wife, and their young daughter in their own home.

In the Tal al-Hawa neighborhood south of Gaza City, two more civilians were killed and several wounded when Israeli artillery struck an apartment building. In Sheikh Radwan, Israeli fighter jets bombed the Ajur building and nearby homes, killing and wounding several more civilians.

Medical sources reported that on Tuesday alone, 108 Palestinians were martyred across the Gaza Strip – including 39 in the north, nine in the central areas, and six in the south – highlighting the ferocity of the ongoing assault.

Human rights groups warn that Israel’s targeting of civilian homes, hospitals, and aid seekers amounts to systematic war crimes and is part of a deliberate campaign of collective punishment aimed at breaking the resilience of the Palestinian people. (ILKHA)