At least 21 Palestinians have died and 79 have been injured after a series of bombings carried out early this Friday by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) against six residential buildings in the city of Khan Younis, located in the south of the Gaza Strip.

Among the fatalities, the vast majority of whom are women and children, there are eight members of the same family, according to the Palestinian news agency Wafa.

Previously, a group of United Nations special rapporteurs has lamented the “inaction of the international community” in the face of the war crimes committed by Israel, both in the Gaza Strip and in the West Bank, where operations by the Israeli Army have increased in the last weeks.

“A hundred operational objectives”

For their part, Israeli troops have confirmed that during the early hours of this Friday they have bombed “a hundred operational targets of terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip”, including “tunnels”, “munitions warehouses” and “operational headquarters”.

“During the attacks, a terrorist who was part of the naval force of the Hamas terrorist organization was eliminated by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and the Shin Bet,” he said in a message on his website. social

Likewise, he highlighted that “terrorist infrastructure” and “weapons” located “in a mosque in Jabalia” have also been destroyed, before arguing that the religious building was used “as an observation post and meeting point for terrorists associated with Hamas.” . According to information collected by the Palestinian Maan news agency, the mosque hit is that of Al Omari, in the north of the Strip, which would have been completely destroyed.

This attack follows another carried out on Thursday against the Greek Orthodox church of Saint Porphyry, the oldest in the Strip, which left at least eight people dead.. The building, which served as a shelter for hundreds of displaced people, has suffered serious material damage.