12 killed as Israeli jets strike Palestinian house in Gaza

By Mohamed Majid

GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – At least 12 Palestinians were killed and scores injured when Israeli warplanes struck a house in the central Gaza Strip on Thursday, the Interior Ministry in the blockaded enclave said.

Eyewitnesses said the strike has caused massive destruction in the vicinity of the house in the city of Deir al-Balah.

Israel has launched incessant air and ground attacks on the Gaza Strip since a cross-border attack by the Palestinian group Hamas on Oct. 7.

At least 10,569 Palestinians, including 4,324 children and 2,823 women, have been killed since then. The Israeli death toll, meanwhile, is nearly 1,600, according to official figures.

Besides the large number of casualties, massive displacements and thousands of buildings razed to the ground, basic supplies are running low for Gaza’s 2.3 million residents due to the Israeli siege.