At least 24 killed in fresh Israeli raids across Gaza

Gaza: At least 24 Palestinians were killed as Israeli warplanes carried out fresh airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, with the Israeli military warning it would bomb a hospital in northern Gaza, local sources said.

Airstrikes targeted a group of Palestinians in the Al-Sayed Ali area of the Al-Shujaiya neighborhood, east of Gaza City on Friday, killing seven people, including four children and a woman, Gaza’s Civil Defence said in a statement. Earlier in the day, five people were killed and others injured in an airstrike near the entrance of Al-Shifa Hospital, west of Gaza City, Xinhua news agency reported.

Meanwhile, the Al-Ahli Arab Hospital confirmed it received the bodies of five people killed in an airstrike on Al-Nasr Street, also west of Gaza City. Paramedics said medical teams later recovered five more bodies, including three children, following airstrikes in the Al-Zeitoun and Al-Sabra neighborhoods. In central Gaza, two people died when an Israeli strike hit a civilian car in Al-Zawaida town. Their remains were taken to Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah, hospital officials reported.

Meanwhile, Al-Awda Hospital in northern Gaza said it received an ultimatum from the Israeli military to evacuate immediately or face bombing. The hospital also reported intense artillery shelling around its premises.

The Israeli military has not issued an immediate response to these incidents. However, it stated on Friday that its air force had struck 40 Hamas targets, including command centers and control facilities. The army accused Hamas of using civilian infrastructure, such as schools, for operational purposes, calling it a “cynical exploitation” of Gaza’s civilian population.  (ANI)

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