GAZA/RAMALLAH, May 25 (Xinhua) -- Two Palestinians, including a child, were killed and 20 others injured in an Israeli airstrike targeting a camp for displaced people in the southern Gaza Strip on Monday.
Mahmoud Basal, spokesperson for the Civil Defense in Gaza, told Xinhua that Hanan Mahmoud, 31, and six-year-old Menna Abu Labda were killed when an Israeli airstrike hit the "Ghaith Camp" in the Al-Mawasi area, west of Khan Younis.
Basal said 20 others, including children and women, were wounded in the attack, some seriously, and taken to hospitals for treatment.
Eyewitnesses reported that an Israeli helicopter fired two missiles at several tents in the camp, destroying and setting fire to a number of them, resulting in casualties and injuries.
In a separate incident, two Palestinians were injured in an Israeli airstrike targeting the home of the Bashiti family in the Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza, according to a statement issued by Al-Aqsa Hospital.
Also on Monday, the Government Media Office in Gaza warned that the humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip is deteriorating to unprecedented levels due to Israel's obstruction of sufficient aid deliveries.
In a press statement, the office said that the enclave is suffering a severe and worsening shortage of basic food supplies amid a widespread collapse in food security, driven by continued Israeli restrictions on the entry of essential goods and the disruption of humanitarian and commercial aid flows.
According to the Gaza-based health authorities, 904 Palestinians have been killed, and 2,713 others have been injured since the ceasefire agreement came into effect in October 2025. ■
