UPDATE - Israeli army kills 15 more Palestinians in Gaza

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By Ahmed Asmar

ANKARA (AA) – At least 15 Palestinians were killed, including an entire family, in deadly Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, as Tel Aviv continued to defy international calls for a ceasefire.

The official news agency Wafa, citing medical sources, said a husband, wife, and three children were killed in an Israeli strike in al-Mawasi area of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.

Four more people lost their lives in another attack in Bani Suhaila town in eastern Khan Younis, a medical source told Anadolu.

Three others were killed in separate Israeli strikes on different areas in the same city, local sources said.

A girl was also killed and several people were injured when Israeli forces shelled a home in the central city of Deir al-Balah.

In northern Gaza, two Palestinians, including a pregnant woman, were killed in another attack in Jabalia town.

The strikes came hours after the US vetoed a Security Council resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.

The Israeli army, rejecting international calls for a ceasefire, has pursued a brutal offensive against Gaza since October 2023, killing more than 54,600 Palestinians, most of them women and children.

Last November, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former Defense Minister 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 crimes against civilians in the enclave.