The Civil Defense in the Gaza Strip announced the death of ten family members of the leader of "Hamas" Ismail Haniya, who were killed in an attack by the Israeli army on a refugee camp in the city of Gaza, reported France Presse, quoted by BTA.
Zahr Haniya, the sister of the leader of the Palestinian Islamist movement, was killed in the attack on the Shatti camp, said Mahmoud Basal, spokesman for the Palestinian enclave's civil defense organization. 9 more people died and others were injured. The bodies were transported to the "Al Ahli" hospital. in Gaza.
"Several martyrs are still under the rubble," Bassal added to AFP. "We are having difficulty (finding them) due to the lack of equipment and fuel.
The Israeli army, it said it could not confirm this information.
In April, three sons and four grandsons of Haniya, who lives in exile in Qatar, were killed in a strike on the Shati camp. The army confirmed it had killed the three sons, described as "military operatives of the terrorist organization Hamas", in an airstrike.
Ismail Haniya then stated that since the start of the war on October 7, around 60 members of his family have been killed.
The latest information on the number of dead in Gaza, provided by the appointees of "Hamas" authorities, is 37,626 people, most of them civilians, notes AFP.
At least 14 other enclave residents were killed in two separate airstrikes in Gaza City. Two schools were affected, according to medics quoted by Reuters.
At the same time, Israeli tanks continue to push deeper into the town of Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.
The Israeli military confirmed that overnight its forces attacked militants in Gaza City who were involved in planning attacks against Israel. Among the fighters are those who participated in holding hostages, as well as those who participated in the attack on Israeli territory on October 7, which led to the beginning of the war against "Hamas".
The Israeli Air Force struck two buildings "used by "Hamas" terrorists. in "Shatti" and Daraj Tufa in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. The terrorists operated in school complexes that were used by "Hamas" as a cover for his terrorist activities," the armed forces statement said.
"Hamas" denies Israeli accusations that it uses such civilian objects as schools and hospitals for military purposes, Reuters recalls.