At least seven Palestinians have been killed and several others injured in Israeli attacks across central and southern Gaza Strip, according to medical sources and civil defence officials.
An early-morning Israeli drone strike hit a group of civilians in the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza, Mahmoud Bassal, spokesperson for Gaza’s civil defence rescue service, told AFP. The attack reportedly involved two missiles fired near a police post in the “Block 9” area of the camp, reports Al Jazeera.
Medical sources said the strike caused multiple casualties among civilians. Ambulance crews faced difficulties reaching the site and transporting the dead and injured to hospitals due to ongoing insecurity.
The al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah said it received six bodies and seven wounded people, four of them in critical condition. The nearby al-Awda hospital confirmed one additional death and two injured.
In a separate incident in southern Gaza, the Nasser Medical Complex said it received three injured people following an Israeli drone strike targeting a tent sheltering displaced families in Bani Suheila, east of Khan Younis.
Al Jazeera correspondents also reported continued Israeli artillery shelling and tank fire near Bani Suheila and eastern Gaza City.
According to Gaza’s health authorities, more than 72,300 people have been killed since the war began in October 2023. The ministry said at least 738 people have died since a ceasefire took effect last October, including 32 deaths so far in April.
Meanwhile, UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk condemned the recent violence, saying the “unrelenting pattern of killings” reflected continued impunity and that Palestinians were being killed in homes, shelters, streets, and medical facilities.
Israeli operations in the occupied West Bank also continued, with raids and arrests reported in multiple areas as tensions remain high across the region.
Source: AP/UNB