With the ongoing shelling and more people dying in the Eastern Ghouta raises the death toll of civilian martyrs who were killed in escalation of shelling today to 34
Rif Dimashq province – The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights:: the number of casualties are still increasing in the Eastern Ghouta of Damascus, as a result of the death of more citizens affected by the injury they had as a result of the bombardment by the warplanes today Wednesday the 7th of February 2018, in addition to the death of more civilians due to artillery shelling that targeted areas in it, where the SOHR monitored shelling by the regime forces that targeted areas in Douma city, resulting in the death of two citizens and injury of others. where it has increased to 34 persons including 12 children and a citizen woman, the number of casualties who were killed due to the bombardment by the warplanes on the Eastern Ghouta, and the casualties are: 11 citizens including 6 children and a citizen woman who were killed in a massacre in Hamouriyah city carried out by warplanes, 10 citizens including 4 children who were killed in a massacre carried out by warplanes by targeting Beit Sawa town, and 10 citizens including 2 children who were killed in airstrikes on Douma city, and a citizen was killed in shelling of the regime forces on the city of Arbin, and 2 persons were killed in artillery shelling of the regime forces on Douma city, and the number of casualties may increase because of the presence of about 65 injuries, some of them have seriously wounded.
And with the continuation of killing against the citizens besieged in the Eastern Ghouta, the death toll continues to increase, where it has increased to 401 citizens including 103 children and 69 citizen women, who have been killed since the 29th of December 2017, as a result of targeting the Eastern Ghouta by hundreds of raids and hundreds of artillery and rocket strikes, and the casualties are 279 citizens including 82 children, 57 citizen women and a male nurse, they were killed in raids by the warplanes on areas in Harasta city controlled by the Islamic movement of Ahrar Al-Sham and raids on Madyara town as well as the cities of Saqba, Hamouriyah, Douma and Arbin, and 122 citizens including 21 children and 12 citizen women and 2 male nurses were killed by artillery and rocket shelling targeted areas in Beit Sawa town, the cities of Harasta, Hamuriya, Douma and Arbin as well as the towns of Kafr Batna, Mesraba, Al-Nashabiyah, Otaya and Jisrayn.