Scores of civilians killed in Israeli airstrikes in different parts across Gaza Strip

GAZA: Dozens of Palestinian civilians today were killed and others injured in Israeli airstrikes that targeted different areas across the Gaza Strip.

Medical sources reported that 20 civilians were killed and others were wounded in an Israeli airstrike that targeted multiple homes owned by Odeh, Yassin, Al-Irqan and Nassar families in Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City.

Israeli occupation aircraft struck a house owned by Qatifan family in Al-Sabra neighborhood in the center of the city, resulting in the killing of seven people and causing several casualties, mostly of whom were children.

Meanwhile, occupation artillery carried out intense of airstrikes at Palestinian homes in al-Rimal neighborhood, west of the city, resulting in the tragic death of several people and the wounding of dozens others.

In the center of the Gaza Strip, occupation warplanes targeted a house in Nuseirat, Bureij, and Maghazi camps and the city of Deir al-Balah, resulting in the killing of at least 10 persons.

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to Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip, another artillery shelling that targeted several houses was further reported in the center and west of the city, which led to the injury of multiple people.

Furthermore, the occupation forces have continued the strict military siege against Nasser Hospital for 32 days.

In the south of the city, Israeli fighter jets also carried out airstrikes on the border area in the city of Rafah.

Israeli naval forces and their gunboats fired several airstrikes near the tents of displaced people in the city, causing multiple casualties.

Source: Palestine news and Information Agency – WAFA