Latest on Gaza War Today: Israeli Airstrikes in Gaza Strip Kills at Least 20 & 4 Journalists Killed by Israeli Drone Strike
PALESTINE – Israeli airstrikes in Gaza today (Thursday) have killed at least 20 Palestinians, including an entire family, according to medical sources.
The Wafa news agency, citing medical sources, said a husband, wife, and three children were killed in an Israeli strike in al-Mawasi area of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.
Four more people lost their lives in another attack in Bani Suhaila town in eastern Khan Younis, a medical source told Anadolu.
Three others were killed in separate Israeli strikes on different areas in the same city, local sources said.
A medical source said that two people were killed when an Israeli warplane struck a vehicle for a charity organization in Khan Younis.
A girl was also killed and several people were injured when Israeli forces shelled a home in the central city of Deir al-Balah.
In northern Gaza, two Palestinians, including a pregnant woman, were killed in another attack in Jabalia town.
Three more people, including two children, were killed in strikes targeting two homes in the southern part of the same city, medics said.
The strikes came hours after the US vetoed a Security Council resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
Israeli Drone Strike Kills Journalists in Gaza
An Israeli drone strike targeting the Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital courtyard on Thursday killed 4 Palestinian journalists, while another one was critically wounded.
The journalists were on assignment near the hospital entrance.
The journalists killed are:
- Ismail Bdaih
- Suleiman Hajjaj
- Samir Al-Rifai
- Ahmed Qalaja
The fifth journalist, Imad Daloul, sustained life-threatening injuries and was rushed into intensive care, according to witnesses.
