Israeli strikes kill at least 23 on Saturday, including three children
Gaza civil defence officials said Israeli forces killed at least 23 people in the enclave on Saturday.
Among the casualties were three children who were killed in an Israeli air strike on a home in Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza.
AFP video footage from Gaza City showed relatives weeping over the bodies of children killed in the attack.
A civil defence spokesperson told AFP there were at least six air strikes by drones and planes across the territory on Saturday.
Otheres were killed by Israeli fire while waiting for food aid in the Netzarim corridor in central Gaza.
Israel's war on Gaza since October 2023 has killed at least 56,412 people, the majority of whom are civilians, according to the Palestinian health ministry.
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