Gaza Rescuers Say 13 Children Among 30 Killed In Israeli Strikes
Date
11/10/2024 4:00:16 AM
(MENAFN- The Peninsula)
AFP
Gaza Strip, Palestinian Territories: Gaza's civil defence agency on Sunday said 30 people, including 13 children, were killed in Israeli strikes on two houses in the north of the Palestinian territory.
The first strike early Sunday hit a house in Jabalia, northern Gaza, killing "at least 25" people, including 13 children, and injuring more than 30, civil defence said.
Since October 6, the Israeli military has been engaged in a withering air and ground assault on areas of northern Gaza, including Jabalia, saying they are seeking to stop Hamas from regrouping there.
Another strike on the Sabra neighbourhood of Gaza City killed five people, with others still missing in the aftermath, civil defence said.
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"A number of civilians are still under the rubble," the agency added.
Contacted by AFP, the Israeli military said it was "looking into the reports" of the strikes.
The United Nations human rights (OHCHR) office on Friday condemned the number of civilians killed in Israel's war in Gaza, with women and children comprising nearly 70 percent of the thousands of fatalities it had managed to verify.
"Civilians in Gaza have borne the brunt of the attacks, including through the initial 'complete siege' of Gaza by Israeli forces," the OHCHR said.
"Conduct by Israeli forces has caused unprecedented levels of killings, death, injury, starvation, illness and disease."
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