GAZA, May 17 (Xinhua) -- Four Palestinians were killed and several others wounded on Sunday in separate Israeli airstrikes in the central and southern Gaza Strip, Palestinian sources said.
Gaza Civil Defense spokesman Mahmoud Basal said an Israeli drone strike on a food center near Al-Aqsa Hospital, central Gaza, killed three Palestinians and injured several others.
In a separate incident, one Palestinian was killed and four others wounded in an Israeli airstrike on a gathering of civilians in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, Basal said.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement on Sunday that IDF troops identified "terrorists" in central and southern Gaza who were posing "imminent threats to IDF soldiers."
The attacks came amid intensified Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip over the past several days.
On Sunday, health authorities in Gaza said in a statement that hospitals across the enclave had received six bodies and 19 injured people over the previous 24 hours.
According to the Gaza-based authorities, since the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel took effect in October 2025, a total of 871 people have been killed and 2,562 others injured in Israeli attacks across the enclave.
The authorities added that the overall death toll in Gaza since Oct. 7, 2023, has risen to 72,763, with 172,664 people wounded. ■
