GAZA CITY, Palestine

The Israeli army continued to bombard parts of the Gaza Strip with airstrikes for a ninth straight day as the besieged Palestinian enclave faced an urgent humanitarian crisis.

Eyewitnesses told Anadolu that a large number of people were killed and civil defense and ambulance crews were wounded as they made their way to Al-Jalaa Street in Gaza to rescue the injured.

A woman was killed and six children were injured as a result of the Israeli bombardment on the Qaizan al-Najjar area of Khan Yunis south of Gaza city, said medical sources.

The Israeli army launched intense raids on eastern neighborhoods of Gaza City, the Zaytoun neighborhood, Shujaiya and the northwest of the city, said an eyewitness who declined to be named.

The bombardment also targeted the Al-Tuffah neighborhood in northeastern Gaza, causing casualties, while flares were fired in the airspace of the northern Gaza Strip, according to eyewitnesses.

The intense bombardment also targeted the main roads in the Gaza Strip.

*Writing by Mahmoud Barakat