A minimum of 54 Palestinians had been killed in Israeli strikes in several components of Gaza on Sunday, together with two faculties, in accordance with well being officers within the besieged enclave.
An airstrike within the southern metropolis of Khan Younis hit a college, killing at the least 16 individuals together with a number of youngsters, in accordance with Nasser Hospital the place our bodies had been taken. There was no instant assertion from the Israeli army.
Within the north, an airstrike hit the Khalil Aweida college within the city of Beit Hanoun and killed at the least 15 individuals, in accordance with close by Kamal Adwan Hospital the place casualties had been taken.
The lifeless included two mother and father and their daughter, and a father and his son, the hospital was quoted saying by the Related Press.
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A constructing on hearth following the strike in Khan Younis
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The strike in Khan Younis is reported to have killed at the least 16 individuals
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Individuals flee the scene in Khan Younis
In Gaza Metropolis, at the least 17 individuals together with six girls and 5 youngsters had been killed in three airstrikes that hit homes sheltering displaced individuals, in accordance with Al Ahli Baptist Hospital.
“We woke up to the strike. I woke up with the rubble on top of me,” mentioned Yahia al Yazji as he grieved the lack of his spouse, who he mentioned was three months pregnant, and daughter within the assault.
“I found my wife with her head and skull visible, and my daughter’s intestines were gone.”
The Israeli army mentioned in a press release that it struck a “terrorist cell” in Gaza Metropolis and a “terrorist meeting point” from the air and on the bottom within the Beit Hanoun space, killing dozens of militants and capturing others.
An airstrike in central Gaza killed Al Jazeera journalist Ahmed al Louh. The identical strike, which hit a civil emergency centre within the Nuseirat market space, additionally killed 5 others, medics and journalists mentioned.
The Israeli army claimed Mr al Louh was a member of the militant group Islamic Jihad, with out offering proof.
Israel’s 14-month conflict on Hamas in Gaza has killed practically 45,000 individuals, Hamas-run native authorities have mentioned.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu launched the army marketing campaign on the besieged Palestinian enclave following the 7 October assault by Hamas final 12 months which noticed 1,200 individuals massacred in southern Israel and greater than 250 taken hostage.
