Palestinian medical officials said that an Israeli airstrike in the northern Gaza has killed at least 20 people, mostly women and children, reports AP.
The dead included eight women and six children, according to a list provided by the Gaza Health Ministry’s emergency service.
Hossam Abu Safiya, the director of a nearby hospital that received the casualties, said the strike late Monday hit a home in the town of Beit Lahiya where multiple families were sheltering.
There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military.
Israel has been waging a massive offensive in northern Gaza — which was already the most isolated and heavily destroyed part of the territory — for nearly a month.
It has ordered the complete evacuation of Beit Lahiya, the nearby town of Beit Hanoun and the urban Jabaliya refugee camp, and has allowed almost no humanitarian aid into the area for over a month.
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