Israeli airstrikes have killed at least 21 people in Gaza, local doctors reported.
The Israeli army announced on Tuesday that it had carried out a strike targeting a Hamas command center.
However, he had no immediate comment on two strikes on two homes that Palestinian health officials said killed at least 13 people, including women and children, in Nuseirat.
The other strike, against a school housing displaced Palestinian families in the Tuffah neighborhood of Gaza City, killed at least seven people, medics said.
The Israeli military said in a statement that the airstrike targeted Hamas fighters operating from a command center embedded in a compound that previously served as the Shujayea school.
It accuses Hamas of using the civilian population and facilities for military purposes, which Hamas denies.
Later Tuesday, two separate Israeli attacks killed five Palestinians in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip and the Zeitoun suburb of Gaza City, medics said.
In Khan Younis, in the south of the enclave, six Palestinians were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a tent sheltering displaced people, doctors said.
These last two attacks would bring the death toll to at least 31 deaths, but the information remains unverified.
The armed wings of Hamas, Islamic Jihad and other smaller factions said in separate statements that their fighters attacked Israeli forces operating in several areas of Gaza with anti-tank rockets, mortar fire and explosive devices.
The new surge in strikes on Gaza came as Israel launched a ground operation in Lebanon, saying its paratroopers and commandos were engaged in intense fighting with Iran-backed Hezbollah.
The conflict follows devastating Israeli airstrikes against Hezbollah leaders.
Some Palestinians said they feared that Israel’s shift toward Lebanon could prolong the conflict in Gaza, which marks its first anniversary next week.
“The eyes of the world are now on Lebanon while the occupation continues its massacres in Gaza. We fear the war will last at least for months more,” said Samir Mohammed, 46, a father of five from Gaza City.
“All is unclear now as Israel unleashes its forces undeterred in Gaza, Yemen, Syria, Lebanon and God knows where else in the future. »
