Gaza rescuers say eight killed in Israeli strikes
Civil defence spokesman Mahmud Bassal said five people were killed in a strike on a home in Jabalia, in the north.
FILE: This picture taken from the Israeli side of the border with the Gaza Strip shows smoke plumes rising from explosions above destroyed buildings in the northern Gaza Strip on 14 January 2025, amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas. Picture: Jack GUEZ/AFP
GAZA CITY - Rescuers in Gaza said eight people were killed and dozens more wounded in Israeli air strikes across the Palestinian territory on Sunday.
Civil defence spokesman Mahmud Bassal said five people were killed in a strike on a home in Jabalia, in the north.
He added some people were still under the debris, as "the civil defense does not have search equipment or heavy equipment to lift the rubble to rescue the wounded and recover the martyrs".
Two more people, including a pregnant woman, were killed in an attack targeting tents sheltering displaced people around Nuseirat in central Gaza, he added.
A strike in the main southern city of Khan Yunis also killed one person, Bassal said.
The Israeli army did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the strikes.
The military has stepped up its Gaza operations in recent days in what it has described as a renewed push to destroy Hamas.
On Saturday afternoon, the military said it had carried out strikes on more than 100 targets throughout Gaza over the past day.
Gaza's health ministry said Saturday that at least 3,785 people had been killed in the territory since a ceasefire collapsed on March 18, taking the war's overall toll to 53,939, mostly civilians.
Hamas's October 2023 attack on Israel that triggered the war resulted in the deaths of 1,218 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally based on official figures.
Militants also took 251 hostages, 57 of whom remain in Gaza including 34 the Israeli military says are dead.