Israeli army kills least 34 more across Gaza in a series of attacks

Israeli warplanes struck two tents for displaced people in the central city of Deir al-Balah, killing six people, including two women and two children, a medical source said.

A basketball player died of his wounds sustained in an Israeli airstrike on his home in the Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza, the source added.

Three more people lost their lives while several others were injured in another strike targeting a refugee tent east of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, another medical source said.

The bodies of four more people were also recovered after an Israeli airstrike on a home in eastern Gaza City, the source said.

Witnesses said a number of people were still missing and could be under the rubble.

The Israeli army is stopping Palestinian resistance group Hamas from regrouping. Palestinians, however, accuse Israel of seeking to occupy the area and forcibly displace its residents.

More than 1,800 people have been killed since then, according to Palestinian health authorities. Food and other aid are severely limited.

Israel has continued a devastating offensive on Gaza since the Oct. 7, 2023 attacks by Hamas, killing nearly 43,400 people and rendering the enclave almost uninhabitable.

Israel faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its actions in the blockaded enclave.