UPDATE - 14 Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza Strip

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By Hosni Nedim

GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) - 14 Palestinians were killed and several others injured on Friday in several Israeli airstrikes targeting various areas of the Gaza Strip.

Medical sources told Anadolu that three Palestinians were killed when an Israeli airstrike hit a tent housing displaced members of the Jabour family in the Jouret Al-Lout area of the southern city of Khan Younis.

In the central Gaza Strip, a medical source confirmed the death of a Palestinian in an Israeli airstrike on the Al-Maghazi refugee camp.

Eyewitnesses stated that Israeli airstrikes targeted civilians near the Women’s Association in the Nuseirat camp, resulting in multiple fatalities and injuries.

Medics also confirmed injuries from an airstrike on a home near Ahmad Yassin Mosque in the same area.

In northern Gaza, Israeli forces continued sporadic bombardments across the Jabalia camp and Beit Lahia.

Medical sources reported that two Palestinians were killed in an Israeli airstrike south of Gaza City.

Separately, a medical source reported that an Israeli airstrike hit a gathering in Gaza City’s Al-Daraj neighborhood, killing four Palestinians and injuring others.

Another strike targeted civilians near the municipal park in the western neighborhood of Al-Rimal, also killing four Palestinians and leaving several injured, according to the same source.

In October 2023, Israel launched a genocidal war on the Gaza Strip that has so far killed nearly 45,000 people, mostly women and children.

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

The International Criminal Court last month issued arrest warrants 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