PALESTINE – Israeli attacks on Gaza Strip on Monday killed at least 48 Palestinians and injured others after Israeli forces launched new airstrikes across the strip.

The state news agency, WAFA, reported that seven people of the same family were killed and many others injured when Israeli warplanes struck a home in Khan Younis, southern Gaza.

Israeli forces also opened fire on aid seekers in southern Khan Younis, killing two Palestinians, they said.

In the central Gaza Strip, the body of a Palestinian child was transferred to the Al-Awda Hospital, in addition to four injured civilians in the same Israeli strike, the hospital administration said in a statement.

Three civilians lost their lives in an Israeli strike on a tent sheltering displaced Palestinians in Gaza City.

Witnesses told Anadolu that early Monday, the Israeli army carried out intense bombardment targeting the Zeitoun neighborhood of southeastern Gaza City, destroying several residential buildings.

The explosions were heard across the city, the witnesses added.

According to an Anadolu correspondent, Israeli artillery and warplanes shelled the southern and eastern areas of Gaza City.

The Israeli strikes came days after Israel’s Security Cabinet approved Netanyahu’s plan to fully occupy Gaza City, which has drawn sharp international backlash from governments and human rights bodies.