Five Palestinians, including two women, killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza City and Khan Younis
According to the sources, Israeli drone strikes targeted the al-Tuwam area in northern Gaza City, killing three Palestinians and injuring dozens more.
A separate attack on the al-Shurafa family home in the al-Tuffah neighbourhood in the northeast of the city, resulted in an unspecified number of casualties, according to the report.
Meanwhile, sources at Nasser Hospital said that a woman was killed in an air strike on the al-Amal neighbourhood in northeast Khan Younis. Another woman was shot dead by Israeli forces near an aid distribution point southwest of Khan Younis.
Wafa also reported that, separately, a man succumbed to injuries sustained in a previous Israeli attack on the al-Mawasi area west of Khan Younis.
The news site added that emergency teams recovered the bodies of eight Palestinians from the rubble in Gaza City's al-Zeytoun neighbourhood, following a previous Israeli bombardment.
At least 60,430 Palestinians have been killed, and another 148,722 injured in Israeli attacks across Gaza since October 2023.
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