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Gaza Strip (Palestinian Territories): Health officials in Hamas-ruled Gaza said Saturday that Israeli strikes overnight killed at least 60 people in the besieged territory, which was also grappling with a telecommunications blackout on the war's 99th day.
Fears of the conflict widening intensified after US and British forces struck pro-Hamas Huthi rebels in Yemen following attacks on Red Sea shipping, with the US military announcing a fresh air strike on Saturday.
Witnesses in the Gaza Strip reported Israeli bombardment in the early morning. An AFP correspondent said intense shelling and air strikes hit the Palestinian territory's south overnight.
"I was visiting my sister, and when I returned I found my house was bombed," said 60-year-old Samir Qashta, a resident of Rafah in southern Gaza, where many people have fled.
"Is my house hurting Israel in any way?"
The Israeli army said its forces had struck dozens of rocket launchers that were "ready to be used" in central Gaza, and eliminated four "terrorists" in air strikes on Khan Yunis, Gaza's major southern city, near Rafah.
Ashraf al-Qudra, spokesman for the health ministry in the Hamas-run territory, reported "more than 60 martyrs" in Israeli air strikes and artillery fire, with dozens more wounded.
Israel's relentless bombardment of Gaza since Hamas's October 7 attack has killed at least 23,843 people, mostly women and children, according to an updated toll on Saturday from the territory's health ministry.
The war, in which Israel has vowed to destroy Hamas, began when the militants launched their unprecedented attack on Israel that resulted in about 1,140 deaths, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally based on official figures.
At Rafah's Al-Najjar hospital, mourners gathered and prayed around the bodies of slain relatives. One man held the body of a child, wrapped in white cloth, ahead of burial.
Internet and telecommunications services were cut Friday as a result of Israeli bombardment, the main operator Paltel said, reporting the latest such disruption.
The Palestinian Red Crescent posted that the outage was increasing the challenges in "reaching the wounded and injured promptly".
Winter rains have exacerbated the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza, where the UN estimates 1.9 million -- nearly 85 percent of the population -- have been displaced. Many have sought shelter in Rafah and other southern areas.
Source: AFP
以巴戰爭第99天，加薩部門表示以色列空襲造成數十人死亡
加薩走廊（巴勒斯坦領土）：哈馬斯統治的加薩地帶的衛生官員週六表示，以色列夜間的襲擊導致該地區至少 60 人死亡，該地區在戰爭第 99 天還面臨電信中斷的問題。
美國和英國軍隊在紅海航運遭到襲擊後，對也門親哈馬斯胡塞叛亂分子進行了打擊，美國軍方週六宣布發動新的空襲，人們對衝突擴大的擔憂加劇。
加薩地帶的目擊者報告稱，以色列凌晨進行了轟炸。 法新社記者稱，巴勒斯坦領土南部一夕之間遭到猛烈砲擊和空襲。
60 歲的薩米爾·卡什塔(Samir Qashta) 是加薩南部拉法的居民，他說：「我當時正在探望姐姐，回來後發現自己的房子被炸了。」加薩南部拉法赫的居民很多人已經逃離那裡。
“我的房子是否以任何方式傷害了以色列？”
以色列軍隊表示，其部隊在加薩中部擊中了數十個「準備使用」的火箭發射器，並在對拉法附近的加薩南部主要城市汗尤尼斯的空襲中消滅了四名「恐怖分子」。
哈馬斯控制地區衛生部發言人阿什拉夫·庫德拉(Ashraf al-Qudra)報告稱，以色列空襲和砲火造成“60多名烈士”，另有數十人受傷。
根據該地區衛生部週六的最新統計數字，自哈馬斯 10 月 7 日襲擊以來，以色列對加薩的無情轟炸已造成至少 23,843 人死亡，其中大部分是婦女和兒童。
法新社根據官方數據統計，武裝分子對以色列發動史無前例的攻擊，導致約 1,140 人死亡，其中大部分是平民，以色列誓言要摧毀哈馬斯。
在拉法的納賈爾醫院，哀悼者聚集在遇難親人的屍體周圍祈禱。 一名男子在埋葬前抱著一具用白布包裹的兒童屍體。
主要營運商帕爾特爾表示，由於以色列的轟炸，週五互聯網和電信服務被切斷，並報告了最新的此類中斷情況。
巴勒斯坦紅新月會發文稱，停電增加了「迅速救助傷者」的挑戰。
冬季降雨加劇了加薩嚴峻的人道主義局勢，聯合國估計該地區有 190 萬人（近 85% 的人口）流離失所。 許多人在拉法和其他南部地區尋求庇護。
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