Israeli airstrikes kill 13 more Palestinians in Gaza Strip

By Nour Abuaisha

GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) - Israeli airstrikes on Tuesday evening killed 13 more Palestinians and injured several others in central and northern Gaza.

Mahmoud Basal, spokesperson for the Palestinian Civil Defense, reported that two fatalities and injuries resulted from Israeli shelling on a group of civilians in Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza Strip.

In a separate incident, Basal noted that 11 people were killed and others wounded when an Israeli jets bombed a home belonging to the Al-Wasifi family in Nuseirat in the central part of the enclave.

Throughout the day, the Israeli military intensified attacks on the Nuseirat refugee camp, bombing an entire residential block, according to earlier statements from the Civil Defense.

Medical sources told Anadolu that nine Palestinians had died in airstrikes on civilian homes in the Nuseirat camp.

The Israeli army later targeted a home in the camp, resulting in the death of a woman and injuries to several other Palestinians.

Israel has continued its brutal offensive on Gaza since a Hamas attack last October despite a UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate cease-fire.

Nearly 41,500 people, mostly women and children, have since been killed and around 96,100 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 faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its actions in Gaza.

*Writing by Mohammad Sio

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