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Zionist forces killed 285 Palestinian civilians

Zionist forces killed 285 Palestinian civilians

Zionist airstrikes continued on Gaza throughout Saturday night and into Sunday afternoon. The death toll of the attacks rose to 285, with 900 injured 180 seriously so.

Zionist entity began attacks on Gaza at 11:30 Saturday, ostensibly to root out Palestinian military groups launching rockets at Zionist targets. Two massive waves of strikes kicked off the operation, known as Operation Cast Lead, and strikes have continued throughout the night and early morning.

The death toll rises with each strike, and as more bodies are pulled out of Saturday's rubble. A timeline of the latest is:

12:00 Zionist air forces launched a fresh raid against the governmental compound known as "Al-Saraya" killing one child and injuring several others.

11:45 Zionist bombs targeted the government municipal council offices in Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip; several injured Gazans were taken to hospital.

11:00 Zionist entity bombs the temporary headquarters of the Rafah governorate injuring several people; the original building was destroyed in Saturday's attacks.

10:30 Zionist jets targeted a jeep in the Zaitoun neighborhood of Gaza City killing one child. A second strike took place on the Jabalia area, no casualties were reported.

10:00 Three were killed after Zionist forces bombarded a police station in the Shoja'eyya neighborhood of Gaza City, and three homes were destroyed in the Tal Al-Hawa neighborhood west of the city.

8:00 The last Zionist raid targeted two de facto government police headquarters in the evacuated Zionist settlement Kfar Darum and Al-Matahin (the mills).

7:30 Al-Qarara greenhouses were obliterated in a strike on the southern Strip, killing a civilian, identified as Nabil Abu Tu'eima.

7:15 Bombs hit the Shuja'iyya neighborhood of Gaza City and another on a military base called "Sa'd Sayil" in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. Dozens were injured.

6:45 Zionist bombs landed on Gaza City's Shuja'iyya neighborhood where a police center was destroyed and several injured.

6:30 The attack was preceded by a strike on a medical storehouse in the Al-Junayna neighborhood and a fuel storehouse with diesel and benzene in the Tal As-Sultan area, both in Rafah in the southern Strip. The strikes destroyed the buildings and much needed civilian supplies, and killed three who have not yet been identified.

1:01am After midnight on Saturday Zionist fighter jets bombarded the security room in front of the Ash-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City as well as a mosque in the compound killing two and injuring seven. The blast shattered most of the windows of the emergency ward. The hospital's morgues were declared full on Saturday and bodies line the hallways waiting to be claimed by family.

12:01am Three Palestinian activists with Hamas' Al-Qassam Brigades were killed when an Zionist strike hit the Al-Mansura area east of Gaza City around midnight.

11:50 Zionist forces launched airstrikes on Khanyounis in the southern Gaza Strip and several targets in the north.

11:30 Three from Hamas' Al-Qassam Brigades were killed when Zionist airstrikes hit the Al-Mansura neighborhood east of Gaza City.

10:15 Two airstrikes killed three and injured four when they hit the Zaitoun neighborhood of Gaza City and on Jabalia in the north.

Director of Ambulance and Emergency Services in the de facto Palestinian Ministry of Health Muawiya Hassanein explained that despite media reports to the contrary, a large number of the casualties are civilians including women and children.