Israeli airstrikes killed 16 people in the Gaza Strip, including five women and four children, Palestinian authorities said, quoted from the Associated Press.
During the strike early this morning, a house was destroyed in the refugee camp “Nuseirat” in the central part of the enclave. Ten people were killed there, including four women and two children.
Auda Hospital, where the bodies were taken, confirmed the number of dead and reported that another 13 people were injured. Hospital records show that a mother, her child and the woman's siblings were killed.
In another strike against a residential building in Gaza City, six people were killed, including a woman and two children, reported the Civil Defense, whose rescue teams work under the control of “Hamas”.
Israel announced that it was only targeting armed fighters and accused “Hamas” and other armed groups for endangering the civilian population by operating in residential areas. The army rarely comments on specific strikes, in which women and children are often the victims.
The Health Ministry in the Gaza Strip reported that over 41,000 Palestinians were killed after the “Hamas“ of October 7 last year, which became the cause of war with Israel. The ministry did not specify how many of them were fighters from armed groups and how many were civilians, but said that slightly more than half of those killed were women and children. Israel has reported that more than 17,000 fighters have been killed in the fighting, without providing evidence.