At least 34 Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes across Gaza on Thursday, whereas two rockets fired from northern Gaza towards Israel were intercepted, according to Palestinian and Israeli sources, reported Xinhua.
Two people were killed and seven others injured in an Israeli drone strike on the Holy Family church housing displaced persons east of Gaza City, Mahmoud Basal, spokesperson for the Civil Defense in Gaza, told Xinhua, adding that Parish Priest of the church Father Gabriel Romanelli is among the injured.
According to local sources, the Israeli airstrike, which came shortly after members of the community performed a prayer inside the church for peace, caused significant damage to the church housing about 600 people, including those with special needs.
The Israeli military said Thursday in a statement that it is aware of reports on the incident, the circumstances of which "are under review."
Meanwhile, eight people were killed in an Israeli attack on aid workers in the Sudaniya area, northwest of Gaza City, and six others were killed in Israeli shelling of two residential apartments and a gathering of Palestinians in several neighborhoods of Gaza City, Basal said.
A Palestinian family of seven were killed in the bombing of their home in the Jabalia area, northern Gaza, Basal said.
In central Gaza, four Palestinians were killed in Israeli artillery shelling of a gathering of people east of the Nuseirat refugee camp, and five others were killed in the bombing of a displaced persons' tent inside the Abu Helu school in the adjacent Bureij camp, he said.
A girl was killed and several others injured in an Israeli drone strike on displaced persons' tents northwest of Khan Younis city, southern Gaza, Nasser Medical Complex in the city reported. A young man was killed in an airstrike on the al-Mawasi area.
According to Palestinian security sources, Israeli artillery shelled the northern, eastern, and southern outskirts of Gaza City, amidst helicopter gunfire. The army also blew up residential buildings in the cities of Rafah and Khan Younis.
Also on Thursday, the Israeli military said in a statement that it has intercepted two rockets fired from northern Gaza towards southern Israel.
No injuries or damage have been reported in the incident.
Since Israel resumed its military campaign in Gaza on March 18, at least 7,750 Palestinians have been killed and 27,566 others injured, bringing the overall death toll in Gaza since the conflict began in October 2023 to 58,573, with a total of 139,607 people injured, according to data released Wednesday by health authorities in Gaza.
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Source: www.dailyfinland.fi
