Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip overnight and today killed at least 103 people, hospitals and medics in the enclave said, as Israel intensifies its war in the territory that shows no signs of abating after more than 19 months, the Associated Press (AP) agency reports.
More than 48 people were killed in airstrikes in and around the southern city of Khan Younis, hitting homes and tents housing displaced people, Nasser Hospital said.
The dead included 18 children and 13 women, said hospital spokesman Wim Fares.
In northern Gaza, an attack on a house in the Jabaliya refugee camp killed nine people from one family, the Gaza Health Ministry's emergency services said.
A second attack on a family residence, also in Jabalia, killed ten people, including seven children and one woman, according to the Civil Defense, which operates under the Hamas-led government.
The Israeli military did not immediately comment on the overnight attacks, according to the AP.
Israel blames civilian casualties in its operations against Hamas because the militant group operates from civilian areas.
The bloodshed comes as Israel intensifies its war in Gaza with a new offensive dubbed "Gideon's Chariots," in which Israel says it plans to seize territory, displace hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in southern Gaza and take greater control over aid distribution, the AP writes.
Beta news agency reported earlier today that the Gaza Civil Defense announced that at least 33 people were killed in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip.
According to the report, more than half of the victims were children.
The series of attacks took place last night in different areas of the Gaza Strip, said Civil Defense spokesman Mahmoud Bassal.
The Israeli military said yesterday that it had "launched large-scale attacks and sent soldiers to take control of areas" of Gaza.
The goal is "the release of hostages and the defeat of Hamas," the army said in a statement.
The Palestinian Hamas has been holding the hostages since October 2023, an attack on Israel that triggered the country's military offensive.
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