Deaths reported in Israeli drone strike on popular market in Gaza City

By Ramzi Mahmud
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Several people were reportedly killed and injured in an Israeli airstrike on a popular marketplace east of Gaza City on Tuesday evening, according to witnesses.
An Israeli drone fired a missile into Al-Sahaba market in Daraj neighborhood, witnesses said.
The Health Ministry has yet to issue an official toll from the Israeli attack.
The Israeli army has continued a deadly onslaught in northern Gaza since Oct. 5 to allegedly prevent Hamas from regrouping amid a suffocating siege on the area. Palestinians, however, accuse Israel of seeking to occupy the area and forcibly displace its residents.
More than 1,000 people have been killed in northern Gaza since the offensive began, according to the Palestinian Civil Defense Service.
The onslaught was the latest episode in a brutal Israeli war on the Gaza Strip since a Hamas attack last year, despite a UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate cease-fire.
Over 43,000 people have since been killed, mostly women and children, and over 101,000 others injured, according to local health authorities.
The Israeli onslaught has displaced almost the entire population of the territory amid an ongoing blockade that has led to severe shortages of food, clean water, and medicine.
Israel also faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its actions in Gaza.
*Writing by Rania Abu Shamala