GAZA, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- At least 50 Palestinians were killed in Israeli army attacks across the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, said the civil defense in Gaza.
Mahmoud Basal, spokesperson for civil defense in Gaza, told Xinhua that 12 Palestinians were killed in Israeli shelling that targeted tents housing displaced persons in several areas of Khan Younis in southern Gaza.
Basal said that six people were killed when Israeli aircraft targeted a house in the Bureij refugee camp. He added that a man and his wife were killed in an airstrike that targeted their tent in the al-Sawarha area, west of al-Nuseirat, in central Gaza.
Seven people were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a residential house in the al-Sabra neighborhood, south of Gaza City. Seven others were killed in Israeli artillery shelling of the al-Saftawi area, north of the city, according to Basal.
He added that two women were killed when Israeli helicopters targeted a warehouse housing displaced persons in the city of Deir al-Balah in central Gaza. Six people were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a residential apartment and a gathering of Palestinians in the al-Jalaa and al-Zeitoun neighborhoods, he said.
Eight people were killed near aid distribution centers at the Netzarim and Khan Younis junctions in central and southern Gaza, according to Basal.
There was no immediate comment from the Israeli army on these incidents.
Since Israel resumed its intensified military campaign on March 18, at least 10,975 Palestinians have been killed and 46,588 injured, bringing the overall death toll in Gaza since the war began in October 2023 to 62,819, with a total of 158,629 people injured, according to data released by health authorities in Gaza on Tuesday.
Also on Tuesday, health authorities warned that hospital blood banks in Gaza are suffering from a severe and critical shortage of blood units and blood components.
Meanwhile, three people died of famine and malnutrition in Gaza in the past 24 hours, bringing the death toll of hunger to 303, including 117 children, the health authorities said Tuesday. ■
