UPDATE – 9 Palestinians, including 6 children, killed in Israeli airstrike on central Gaza

UPDATE WITH MORE INFORMATION, CHANGES HEADLINE, EDIT THROUGHOUT

By Mohammed Majed

GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – At least nine Palestinians, including six children, were killed and many others were injured on Sunday, the first day of Eid al-Adha, due to an Israeli airstrike on a house in al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza Strip.

“Some 9 martyrs, including 6 children, were brought to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah, as a result of the Israeli occupation forces' airstrike on a house in al-Bureij refugee camp,” a medical source told Anadolu.

Earlier in the day, eyewitnesses told Anadolu: “Medical teams retrieved a number of martyrs and injured people (without specifying their numbers), including an infant, as a result of an Israeli airstrike on a house in al-Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.”

The witnesses explained that the bombing led to the destruction of the house and caused damage to neighboring houses.

They also mentioned that medical and civil defense teams are working to search for more victims and injured people following the Israeli attack.

Besides killing more than 37,300 Palestinians, Israel’s eight-month military offensive and blockade in Gaza has plunged the territory into a humanitarian crisis, with international aid agencies reporting widespread hunger and hundreds of thousands of people on the brink of famine.

Israel is also accused of genocide at the International Court of Justice, whose latest ruling ordered Tel Aviv to immediately halt its operation in Rafah, where more than 1 million Palestinians had sought refuge from the war before it was invaded on May 6.

* Writing by Rania Abu Shamala