Gaza city: At least 46 Palestinians, including 18 aid seekers, were killed in Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip on Sunday, medics said. A medical source reported that four individuals lost their lives when Israeli forces struck a civilian gathering and a house in Gaza City's western Rimal neighborhood.
According to Anadolu Agency, another strike in the city's eastern Tuffah neighborhood resulted in the deaths of eight Palestinians, with seven others wounded. In central Gaza, three Palestinians were killed and more injured when Israeli fire targeted a group of civilians in the Hadbah area of Deir al-Balah.
A medical source stated that seven Palestinians were killed and 10 others injured by Israeli army fire near an aid distribution point on Salah al-Din Street in central Gaza. An Israeli drone strike on a civilian gathering in the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza killed one person and injured several others.
In Gaza City, two brothers lost their lives after Israeli forces targeted their family home in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood. Two more individuals were killed, and several others injured when Israeli warplanes struck tents sheltering displaced families in the al-Maqousi area in northwestern Gaza City. In northern Gaza, Israeli forces killed two Palestinians in an airstrike on Jabalia al-Nazla.
A woman and three of her children were killed in another strike on a house in the Bir al-Naaja area, west of the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza. In central Gaza, three Palestinians were killed, and several others injured in an Israeli strike on a crowd seeking aid in southern Deir al-Balah. Another Palestinian lost his life in an Israeli strike in the south of the same city.
Three more aid seekers were killed in an Israeli strike north of Rafah in southern Gaza. Five more Palestinians were killed, and several others injured by Israeli gunfire while waiting for aid near a distribution point in Rafah. Another civilian was killed in Israeli artillery shelling on the southern part of the same city, according to medical sources.
The attacks occurred as the Israeli army expanded its offensive in Gaza City, aiming to reoccupy the entire Gaza Strip. According to witnesses, thousands of Palestinians have fled the city in recent days under heavy Israeli bombardment.
Israel has killed nearly 63,500 Palestinians in Gaza since October 2023. The military campaign has severely impacted the enclave, which is currently facing famine. Last November, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza. Israel is also facing a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its actions in the enclave.