Children are among the victims of Israeli strikes on Gaza’s besieged north and central areas, as humanitarian aid continues to be restricted.Israel has carried out a series of attacks on northern and central Gaza that killed at least 25 people, including children, as a leading rights group accused it of committing “acts of genocide” by denying clean water to Palestinians.
Separate Israeli attacks on Jabalia in northern Gaza, where Palestinians have remained under a tight siege for more than two months, killed at least 16 people, including 10 members of the same family, on Thursday.
In Gaza City, an Israeli attack on a home in the Daraj neighbourhood killed at least four Palestinians, with another person killed in a strike on a group of civilians in Zeitoun neighbourhood.
In central Gaza, a strike on Maghazi refugee camp killed at least four people.
There were fears the overall death toll would rise as many people were reported wounded in the Israeli attacks.
The Israeli military also issued forced evacuation threats to residents in Bureij refugee camp. “The question is where people can go, as everywhere is overcrowded in the central areas of the strip,” said Al Jazeera’s Tareq Abu Azzoum, reporting from nearby Deir el-Balah.
Wounded Palestinians including children were brought to the al-Ahli Arab Hospital following Israeli air raids on Gaza City [Abood Abu Salama/Anadolu Agency]
At least 45,000 Palestinians have been killed and 107,000 others wounded in more than 14 months of attacks across Gaza, a densely populated territory that is at risk of famine and is …
