UPDATE – 14 Palestinians killed as Israel launches fresh airstrikes in Gaza

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By Hosni Nadim

GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army launched fresh airstrikes in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, killing at least 14 people, medical sources said.

Three people lost their lives, including two women, when Israeli fighter jets hit a house in eastern Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, a medical source said.

Five other people were killed in another strike on a home in Al-Tuffah neighborhood of Gaza City, the source added.

In the northern town of Beit Lahia, five Palestinians were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a home, another medical source said.

The source added that another Palestinian was killed and five others were injured in a strike targeting a school sheltering displaced people in Jabalia in northern Gaza.

Israeli forces also struck a home in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, injuring six people, including three children, another medical source said.

Meanwhile, the Israeli army stepped up its ongoing ground offensive in northern Gaza, with scores of homes blown up in the areas of Beit Lahia and Jabalia.

The Israeli army laid a siege in northern Gaza last month, claiming it is trying to stop Palestinian resistance group Hamas from regrouping. Palestinians, however, accuse Israel of seeking to occupy the area and forcibly displace its residents.

More than 1,800 people have been killed since then, according to Palestinian health authorities. Food and other aid are severely limited.

Israel has continued a devastating offensive on Gaza since a Hamas attack on Oct. 7, 2023, killing nearly 43,400 people and rendering the enclave almost uninhabitable.

Israel faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its actions in the blockaded enclave.

*Writing by Ahmed Asmar