NNA - 18 Palestinians were killed and others sustained injuries today in a series of Israeli airstrikes targeting multiple locations across the Gaza Strip, including areas in Gaza City and Khan Younis.

Local sources reported that eight people were killed and several others wounded when Israeli occupation forces bombarded the vicinity of the Al-Ayoun intersection. Additionally, four more civilians were killed and others injured in strikes near Al-Lababidi intersection in the western part of Gaza City.

In Khan Younis, six people were killed, and others injured when an Israeli airstrike hit a building in the city center.

Separately, three Palestinians, including a woman, were injured when an Israeli drone dropped an explosive device in the courtyard of a school sheltering displaced individuals in the Al-Mukhayyam Al-Jadid area northwest of Nuseirat in central Gaza. 

Meanwhile, Israeli artillery targeted areas near the Indonesian Hospital in northern Gaza.

Medical sources confirmed that 52 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli airstrikes across various parts of Gaza since the early hours of today.

The ongoing Israeli aggression on Gaza since October 2023 has so far resulted in at least 45,581 documented Palestinian fatalities, with over 108,438 others injured.

Thousands of victims are feared trapped under rubble, inaccessible to emergency and civil defense teams due to Israeli attacks.

Israel's genocidal attacks continue unabated despite calls from the UN Security Council for an immediate ceasefire and directives from the International Court of Justice urging measures to prevent genocide and alleviate the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza.—WAFA

==========R.H.