IOF air strikes claim more lives, start fires in bombed buildings

RAFAH, (PIC)-- Israeli warplanes on Sunday blasted more targets in the Gaza Strip including a fuel truck in Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, which started a huge fire that engulfed nearby homes. Eyewitnesses said that Israeli warplanes fired a number of rockets at a big truck loaded with fuel starting huge fire that extended to nearby homes. They said that inhabitants fled their homes and miraculously escaped death, noting that a store for medicines was destroyed in the fire that threatened the entire neighborhood. The warplanes also blasted the Tal Al-Sultan police station west of Rafah city, the locals reported. Later Sunday, Israeli F-16s raided the security compound in Gaza city called "Saraya" that hosts a number of security apparatuses and includes a central prison. The building dates back to the Ottoman era. Locals said that most of the historical building was destroyed after three missiles blasted in it. Heavy smoke was seen billowing from the Saraya compound along with the nearby Shuhada Mosque. The raids earlier targeted a police vehicle in Zaitun suburb, Gaza city, that left a number of policemen killed in addition to passersby. A number of police stations in Khan Younis city were also targeted. Other air raids targeted security and government vehicles and installations that killed ten Palestinians and wounded many others. The raids destroyed the Palestinian government's premises in Gaza city, Rafah district headquarters and security positions in Beit Hanun, Khan Younis and central Gaza. In the same context, Palestinian security sources denied that any of the Fatah detainees in Gaza jails were killed in the Israeli aerial bombardment. The sources told PIC that there is no political detainee from Fatah in any of the Gaza jails. They added that a number of prisoners are held in Gaza central prison for homicide charges and the Red Cross knows that it is a jail for civilians.