UPDATE - 4 killed, 80 injured in Israeli airstrikes in northern Gaza

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By Ramzi Mahmud

GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) - At least four people were killed and 80 others injured in Israeli airstrikes on Tuesday on a marketplace in Gaza City and northwest of the enclave, the Civil Defense Service said.

Spokesman Mahmoud Basal said the victims were rushed to the al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in the last hour after attacks on the Sahaba market in Daraj neighborhood in Gaza City and Sudaniya area in northwestern Gaza Strip.

According to witnesses, an Israeli drone fired a missile into Al-Sahaba market, killing and injuring several people.

The Israeli army has continued a deadly onslaught in northern Gaza since Oct. 5 to allegedly prevent Hamas from regrouping amid a suffocating siege on the area. Palestinians, however, accuse Israel of seeking to occupy the area and forcibly displace its residents.

More than 1,000 people have been killed in northern Gaza since the offensive began, according to the Palestinian Civil Defense Service. The onslaught was the latest episode in a brutal Israeli war on the Gaza Strip since a Hamas attack last year, despite a UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate cease-fire.

Over 43,000 people have since been killed, mostly women and children, and over 101,000 others 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 also faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its actions in Gaza.

*Writing by Rania Abu Shamala