GAZA, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- At least 13 Palestinians, including a member of the Palestinian Civil Defense in Gaza, were killed Wednesday morning in Israeli airstrikes across the enclave, Palestinian sources said.
Local sources and eyewitnesses told Xinhua that the Israeli Air Force targeted a residential house in Jabalia camp, northern Gaza, with at least one missile.
The Civil Defense said in a brief statement that the Israeli raid killed 12 people, including women and children.
In another Israeli airstrike targeting rescue workers who were retrieving the dead and the wounded from a house bombed in the Sabra neighborhood, southern Gaza, one worker was killed and several others injured, it said.
The Civil Defense said it will not stop its services in Gaza "no matter the cost in terms of casualties."
The Israeli army has not commented on these incidents yet.
Meanwhile, Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in the town of Beit Lahia, northern Gaza, said the hospital is still under a tight siege by the Israeli army, and that it is not allowed to bring in medicine, food, medical and ambulance workers, or any services required by the hospital.
There are 85 injured children and women in the hospital receiving minimal health care, and six very critical cases in intensive care, Abu Safiya said in separate press statements.
On Oct. 5, the Israeli army began an unprecedented bombardment of areas in northern Gaza before launching a large-scale military operation there, especially in Jabalia.
The Israeli army says that its operation in Jabalia aims to prevent Hamas fighters from reorganizing their ranks to launch more attacks.
Israel has been launching a large-scale offensive against Hamas in the Gaza Strip to retaliate against a Hamas rampage through the southern Israeli border on Oct. 7, 2023, during which about 1,200 people were killed and about 250 taken hostage.
The Palestinian death toll from ongoing Israeli attacks in Gaza has risen to 43,985, Gaza-based health authorities said in a statement on Wednesday. ■
