Israeli occupation massacres two families overnight in Gaza

Gaza, 21 July-2014(AFP):Israeli occupation forces massacred overnight two Palestinian families, killing at least 35 people from these two families, paramedics said.

Israeli occupation massacres two families overnight in Gaza

Funeral ceremony is held for the 25 Palestinians killed in Israeli shelling in Khan Yunis on July 21, 2014
Funeral ceremony is held for the 25 Palestinians killed in Israeli shelling in Khan Yunis on July 21, 2014

Occupation forces targeted the four-story building of the Abu-Jamei family in Bani-Suhaila City in the south of the Gaza Strip, killing 25 family members and wounding several others.

One of the family members, who survived the massacre, said that their relatives came to their house to stay with them after they had been pushed to leave their own homes for security.

He explained that not long afterwards, at the time of the Iftar, an Israeli F16 rocket hit their house without any pre-warning.

In Rafah, in the far south of the Gaza Strip, Israeli occupation forces targeted another house at dawn, killing ten members of the same family. The number of wounded is still unknown.

According to an official medical source, the attacks against these two families bring the number of Palestinian families massacred during the on-going Israeli war on Gaza to 32.

The source said that the medical situation in the hospitals of the Gaza Strip is disastrous because of the strict Israeli siege. He said that the hospitals are suffering from severe shortages of spare parts for medical equipment and medicines.

Over the past two weeks, Israel has been waging a massive military campaign against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, killing more than 500 people and injuring 7 thousands.