At least 18 killed in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza

At least 18 Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes targeting a house in Rafah and Al-Maghazi refugee camp on Tuesday.

News Center-Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip have continued since October 7, 2023. Last night, an Israeli airstrike hit a house in Rafah killing seven people, including children, and injuring several others, and Israeli tanks pushed back into parts of the northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday that they had left weeks ago, according to the reports.

Tanks surrounded some schools where displaced families have taken refuge

Reuters reported today that Israeli tanks advanced into Beit Hanoun and surrounded some schools where displaced families have taken refuge. “Occupation soldiers ordered all families inside the schools and the nearby houses where the tanks had advanced to evacuate. The soldiers detained many men,” one resident of northern Gaza told Reuters

Many families began moving out again on Tuesday

Beit Hanoun was the home to 60,000 people and it was one of the first areas targeted by Israel's ground offensive in Gaza last October. Heavy bombardment turned most of Beit Hanoun. “Many families who had returned to Beit Hanoun and Jabalia in recent weeks after Israeli forces withdrew, began moving out again on Tuesday because of the new raid,” some residents told Reuters.

 Just before midnight, an Israeli airstrike hit a house in Rafah and killed seven people, including children, and wounded several others, Palestinian health officials said. There was no immediate Israeli comment.

An Israeli airstrike also killed 11 Palestinians, including children, in the Al-Maghazi refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip on Tuesday, Palestinian health officials said.

 33,843 Palestinians, including at least 14,500 children and 9,560 women, have been killed and 76,575 others injured in the Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023.