6 Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrikes on homes, shelter for displaced people in Gaza

By Hosni Nedim

GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) - Six Palestinians were killed and scores of others injured in Israeli airstrikes on residential homes and a school sheltering displaced families in various areas across the Gaza Strip on Saturday.

In the North Gaza Governorate, medical sources reported that four Palestinians were killed and several others injured when an Israeli warplane struck a home in Jabalia Nazla.

Two more Palestinians sustained injuries when an Israeli airstrike hit a building in the same area, the sources added.

Additionally, an Israeli drone targeted Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza, witnesses said.

In Gaza City, two Palestinians were killed, and several others injured when Israeli helicopters struck Yaffa School in the Tuffah neighborhood, where displaced families were taking shelter, according to paramedics.

In central Gaza, Israeli forces destroyed buildings northwest of Nuseirat Camp, according to witnesses.

Artillery fire targeted northern areas of Nuseirat, eastern Maghazi Camp, and eastern Khan Younis in southern Gaza, they said.

Israel has launched a genocidal war on the Gaza Strip that has killed more than 44,800 victims, mostly women and children, since an attack by the Palestinian resistance group, Hamas, on Oct. 7, 2023.

The second year of genocide in Gaza has drawn growing international condemnation, with officials and institutions labeling the attacks and the blocking of aid deliveries as a deliberate attempt to destroy a population.

The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants last month for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defense chief Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.

Israel also faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its war on Gaza.

*Writing by Ikram Kouachi