Palestinian officials say Israeli airstrikes killed 16 people in the Gaza Strip, including five women and four children.
An airstrike destroyed a house in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza on Monday morning, killing at least 10 people, including four women and two children.
Awda hospital, which received the bodies, confirmed the toll and said 13 other people were injured.
Hospital records show that the dead included a mother, her child and five siblings.
Another strike on a house in Gaza City killed six people, including a woman and two children, according to the Civil Defense, the first responders operating under the umbrella of the Hamas-led government.
Israel says it targets only terrorists and accuses Hamas and other armed groups of endangering civilians by operating in residential areas.
The military rarely comments on individual strikes, which often kill women and children.
Gaza’s health ministry says more than 41,000 Palestinians have been killed since the October 7 Hamas attack sparked the war nearly a year ago.
The organization does not distinguish between fighters and civilians in its count, but says just over half of those killed were women and children. Israel claims to have killed more than 17,000 terrorists without providing evidence.
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Israeli Defense Minister Says Time Is Running Out to Reach Agreement with Hezbollah to End Fighting Along Israel-Lebanon Border
JERUSALEM — Israel’s defense minister told his American counterpart that time is running out to reach an agreement with Hezbollah to end fighting along the Israeli-Lebanese border.
Yoav Gallant told Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin that “the possibility of a framework agreement in the northern region is fading as Hezbollah continues to ‘cozy up’ to Hamas.”
“The trajectory is clear,” Gallant added, according to a statement released by his office Monday.
Hezbollah began firing rockets and drones at northern Israel after the outbreak of the war in Gaza, sparked by the Hamas attack on October 7.
Both armed groups are allied with Iran and Hezbollah claims to act in solidarity with the Palestinians.
Israel responded to the attacks with airstrikes and targeted assassinations of Hezbollah commanders. It threatened to launch a larger operation, raising fears of a new open war.
Hezbollah has said it would stop its attacks if there is a ceasefire in Gaza, but months of negotiations brokered by the United States, Qatar and Egypt have repeatedly failed.
Hamas has demanded a lasting ceasefire and the full withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza as part of any deal to free the dozens of hostages it still holds since the October 7 attack.
Gallant told Austin that “in all possible scenarios, the IDF will continue to operate with the goal of dismantling Hamas and ensuring the return of the hostages held by Hamas in Gaza, by all means.”
