Israeli airstrike leaves several dead in Gaza City

By Anadolu staff

GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) — Several Palestinians were reported killed when an Israeli warplane struck a house in Gaza City on Tuesday, according to eyewitnesses.

The targeted house was located near Al-Shifa Hospital, which was raided by the Israeli army on Monday, the eyewitnesses said.

"Medics are unable to reach the scene of the attack as Israeli forces open fire on any moving object there," one of them told Anadolu.

The enclave's Health Ministry has yet to confirm the fatalities.

The Israeli army on Monday stormed Al-Shifa Hospital, which houses thousands of ill and wounded patients, as well as displaced people.

According to Israeli public broadcaster KAN, around 80 Palestinians were detained from the facility.

Israel has waged a deadly military offensive on Gaza since a cross-border incursion by the Palestinian group Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023, which killed nearly 1,200 people.

More than 31,800 Palestinians, mostly women and children, have since been killed in the enclave, and nearly 74,000 others injured amid mass destruction and shortages of necessities.

The Israeli war has pushed 85% of Gaza’s population into internal displacement amid a crippling blockade of most food, clean water and medicine, while 60%of the enclave's infrastructure has been damaged or destroyed, according to the UN.

Israel stands accused of genocide at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). An interim ruling in January ordered Tel Aviv to stop genocidal acts and take measures to guarantee that humanitarian assistance is provided to civilians in Gaza.

*Writing by Ahmed Asmar