TEHRAN- The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) has committed new massacres in the central region of Gaza and intensified its bombardment on Rafah in the southern part of the Strip.

The attacks are coinciding with IOF's attempts to expand its military incursions into Rafah. 

According to reporters on the ground in Gaza, two more children succumbed to their injuries following an Israeli drone strike on the western part of Nuseirat, raising the death toll to 19 as of early Tuesday morning.

Palestinian media reported that 17 people, including children, were killed in Israeli attacks targeting civilians in several areas of the central governorate. The casualty count is expected to rise as Israeli airstrikes are reported to be ongoing in the area.

Many perished as a result of Israeli bombs dropped on a family home in the Nuseirat camp, and the bombardment also hit warehouses sheltering displaced persons from a separate family. 

Another strike targeted the house of a third family at the Bureij camp in central Gaza east of the Salah al-Din Road in the Deir al-Balah Governorate.

Reports have also cited multiple attacks in al-Maghazi and al-Zahraa towns in Nuseirat, where Israeli forces opened heavy fire.

Additionally, two children were killed by Israeli shelling targeting al-Qarara town east of Khan Younis in the southern part of the Strip.

Israeli artillery also renewed its targeting of the al-Zaytoun neighborhood southeast of Gaza City, and warships fired on the city's coast. Al-Zaytoun neighborhood has been subject to almost non-stop Israeli attacks since October 7. 

In Rafah, Israeli forces demolished several buildings in the Tell al-Sultan neighborhood, west of the city with intense shelling, while IOF armored vehicles fired concurrently with artillery. 

The Palestinian resistance movement said it confronted the IOF and engaged in fierce clashes with the occupation forces. 

The IOF was trapped by a deadly ambush in the same area of Rafah on Saturday that killed at least 8 soldiers.   

The death toll from the U.S.-backed Israeli genocide in Gaza is approaching 37,350, as more women and children are killed in the regime’s relentless strikes. More than 85,370 have also been injured. 

The Ministry of Health stated in its daily statistical report that "several victims remain under the rubble and on the roads, unable to be reached by ambulance and civil defense teams" following the latest Israeli bombardment. 

While the IOF is committing one massacre after the other against Palestinian women and children, it has proved incapable of eliminating Hamas from power. 

A member of the Hamas political bureau, Sami Abu Zuhri, said the recent deadly operation by the Palestinian resistance movement against the Israeli ground forces in Rafah has proven that the regime is delusional for thinking that it can weaken the group.

Appetite for the war is also waning among the Israeli public as the regime's forces clashed with protesters opposed to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, demanding immediate elections and a ceasefire with Hamas.

Israelis have also held a mass protest outside the Knesset to demand the removal of Netanyahu and an immediate prisoner exchange deal with the resistance movement in Gaza.

Critics say Netanyahu's wartime decision-making has been influenced by his desire to remain in power and avoid a prison sentence as well as by like-minded far-right fascists in his government and inner circle. 

A former far-right Israeli lawmaker and Netanyahu ally, who referenced Adolf Hitler while discussing the takeover of Gaza and the forced displacement of Palestinians, is set to speak at an event hosted by the Australian Jewish Association this week.

According to the association’s website, Moshe Feiglin will speak at an online event titled "Israel 2024 and Beyond" on Wednesday evening. 

In a video recently shared on social media, Feiglin stated: "As Hitler said, I cannot live if one Jew is left. We can’t live here if one ‘Islamo-Nazi’ remains in Gaza".
He also expressed the desire to "turn Gaza Hebrew". 

Feiglin was a member of Netanyahu’s Likud party from 2013 to 2015 before founding his far-right Zehut party.