Palestinian officials say an Israeli airstrike has killed 20 people in northern Gaza

Palestinian aesculapian officials opportunity an Israeli airstrike successful nan bluish Gaza Strip has killed astatine slightest 20 people, mostly women and children

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip -- Palestinian aesculapian officials opportunity an Israeli airstrike successful nan bluish Gaza Strip has killed astatine slightest 20 people, mostly women and children.

Hossam Abu Safiya, nan head of a adjacent infirmary that received nan casualties, said nan onslaught precocious Monday deed a location successful nan municipality of Beit Lahiya wherever aggregate families were sheltering.

The dormant included 8 women and six children, according to a database provided by nan Gaza Health Ministry’s emergency service.

There was nary contiguous remark from nan Israeli military.

Israel has been waging a monolithic violative successful bluish Gaza — which was already nan astir isolated and heavy destroyed portion of nan territory — for astir a month.

It has ordered nan complete removal of Beit Lahiya, nan adjacent municipality of Beit Hanoun and nan municipality Jabaliya exile camp, and has allowed almost nary humanitarian assistance into nan area for complete a month.

Tens of thousands of group person fled to adjacent Gaza City successful nan latest activity of displacement successful nan war, which began erstwhile Hamas-led militants attacked confederate Israel connected Oct. 7, 2023.

That onslaught killed immoderate 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and different 250 group were taken hostage. Around 100 captives are still wrong Gaza, astir a 3rd of whom are believed to beryllium dead.

Israel's retaliatory violative has killed complete 43,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza's Health Ministry, which does not separate betwixt civilians and combatants successful its toll but says complete half of those killed were women and children. Around 90% of Gaza's organization of 2.3 cardinal group person been displaced, often aggregate times.

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