At Least 85 Killed In Israeli Strikes Across Gaza Strip
ISTANBUL, July 23 (Bernama-Anadolu) -- At least 85 people were killed and many others injured in Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip since early Tuesday, Anadolu Ajansi (AA) reported medical sources said.
The Israeli army killed 15 Palestinians in an attack on a house in the northwest of Gaza City.
In northern Gaza, five Palestinians were killed and others injured in a strike targeting the Al-Nasr neighbourhood west of Gaza City.
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Another 12 Palestinians were killed while waiting for aid trucks near the Zikim area north of Beit Lahia, which is under Israeli control.
In the al-Tuffah neighbourhood east of Gaza City, one Palestinian was killed in a drone strike.
Seven people were killed, including three children, in an Israeli strike that targeted a group of civilians near Ali Mosque in the Zeitoun neighbourhood southeast of Gaza City.
Israeli warplanes struck tents sheltering displaced Palestinians in the Shati refugee camp in Gaza City, killing 16 Palestinians and injuring more than 25 others, medics said.
According to the official Palestinian news agency (WAFA), the victims -- including women and children -- were taken to Al-Shifa Hospital in the same city following the predawn airstrike.
A young Palestinian was also killed when the Israeli army targeted aid seekers in western Gaza City, the medical sources added.
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