UPDATE - 37 Palestinians killed as Israel launches news airstrikes on Gaza Strip

UPDATES DEATH TOLL; ADDS DETAILS; CHANGES HEADLINE

By Mohamed Majed

GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) - At least 37 Palestinians were killed Wednesday in new Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, according to the Interior Ministry in the blockaded enclave.

A statement said 26 were killed and more than 100 injured in the strikes that targeted the al-Yarmouk neighborhood in Gaza City.

Many were still trapped under the rubble of destroyed buildings in the area, it said.

Several residential buildings were destroyed in the attacks, according to witnesses.

Eleven Palestinians were also killed and scores injured when Israeli warplanes struck a house in the Tal al-Zaatar neighborhood in the northern Gaza Strip, the ministry said in a separate statement.

The Israeli bombardment caused widespread destruction in the area, according to witnesses.

Israel has launched a massive bombardment campaign on the Gaza Strip following a cross-border attack by the Palestine resistance group, Hamas, into Israeli territory on Oct. 7.

Nearly 8,000 people have been killed in the conflict, including at least 6,546 Palestinians and 1,400 Israelis.

Gaza’s 2.3 million residents have been running out of food, water, medicine and fuel, and aid convoys allowed into Gaza have carried a fraction of what is needed.