2 children, woman among 5 killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza

By Mohamed Majed

GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Five Palestinians were killed, including two children and a woman, on Thursday in Israeli attacks targeting a group of civilians and a house in the Gaza Strip.

Teams of the Palestinian Civil Defense recovered two bodies following an Israeli drone strike that targeted them in Rafah city of the southern enclave, the department said in a statement.

The Palestinian Civil Defense said in a statement that its team recovered two bodies after an Israeli drone strike targeted them in Rafah city, in southern Gaza.

“A woman and two girls were martyred in another Israeli airstrike on a residential apartment in southern Gaza City,” it added.

A search and rescue operation is underway for missing and injured people under the rubble, the statement added.

Since Oct. 7, 2023, Israeli airstrikes on Gaza have killed at least 41,272 Palestinians, including 16,795 children and 11,378 women, while 95,551 people have been injured.

Israel’s continued targeting of hospitals, schools and other civilian infrastructure is also causing widespread destruction of essential services.

*Writing by Rania Abu Shamala