Gaza, February 21 (QNA) - Three Palestinians were injured on Saturday by Israeli gunfire east of Gaza City.

According to medical sources, Israeli occupation forces opened fire on Palestinians at the end of Omar al-Mukhtar Street, east of the city, inflicting injuries of varying severity.

Meanwhile, Israeli warplanes launched an airstrike on the town of Bani Suheila, east of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, coinciding with heavy gunfire from the Israeli navy off the coast of Khan Younis.

Israeli military vehicles also fired heavily toward eastern areas of northern Gaza.

The Ministry of Health in Gaza announced on Saturday that the death toll from the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023, has risen to 72,070 martyrs, in addition to 171,738 injured. (QNA)