Gaza City:
The Gaza Civil Defense Agency said that at least 17 people were killed in Israeli strikes on Thursday while the army intensified its bombing of Gaza City.
The dead included six civilians waiting for humanitarian aid, said the spokesman for the Civil Defense Mahmud Bassal.
“Israeli occupation forces intensify their raids in the Zeitun region” of Gaza City, he said.
“For the fourth consecutive day, the region was subject to a military operation, leading to many deaths and injuries,” said Bassal. “Since dawn today, we have received 28 calls from families and residents of this district, some of which were killed.
“Many people cannot leave these areas due to the artillery fire,” added the spokesperson. Maram Kashko, a resident of Zeitun, said that strikes have increased in the past four days.
“My nephew, his wife and their children were killed in a bombardment,” he told AFP.
An AFP videographer said their bodies had been taken to the Al-Ahli hospital in Gaza City and buried shortly after at the Sayyid Hashim cemetery.
