At least seven people were killed after Israeli forces attacked a school housing displaced people in Gaza City.
The Israeli army carried out a series of airstrikes in Gaza that killed at least 21 people, local officials report.
Tuesday’s attacks came as fighting intensified in the Palestinian enclave and new raids were carried out in the occupied West Bank. The resurgence of violence in the Palestinian territories comes as the world’s attention is drawn to Israel’s military assault on Lebanon.
Thirteen people were killed, including women and children, in an overnight attack on two houses in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, the Wafa news agency reported. Dozens of people were also injured in the attack.
The Israeli military had no immediate comment on the strike, but said in a statement that an airstrike on a compound that previously served as a school in Gaza City targeted Hamas fighters operating from a center of command.
In his statement, he accused Hamas of using the civilian population and its facilities for military purposes. Hamas has always denied these accusations amid the war that has lasted since last October.
The Palestinian Civil Defense in Gaza said the former Shujayea school housed displaced Palestinian families and that at least seven people had been killed.
Two other separate Israeli attacks killed five Palestinians in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, and in the Zeitoun suburb of Gaza City. And in Khan Younis, in the south of the enclave, six people were killed in a strike on tents sheltering displaced people, medics said, although the incidents remained unconfirmed.
Palestinian Islamic Jihad, the armed wings of Hamas and other smaller militant 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. explosives.
West Bank raids continue
The Israeli army also continues to stage violent raids in the occupied West Bank, leading to the arrest of at least 15 people, according to Wafa.
In Nablus, the Palestinian Health Ministry said a 25-year-old man died of his wounds after being shot by soldiers in the thigh and abdomen in the Balata refugee camp.
Meanwhile, the Kafr Nima village council, via Facebook, called on residents not to send students to school due to the presence of Israeli army forces in the village.
Israeli forces have carried out large-scale raids in the West Bank since the start of the war on Gaza almost a year ago. At least 719 people have been killed and more than 10,000 arrested since October 7.
Houthis target Israel
While Israel claimed its ground offensive was underway in Lebanon, Yemen’s Houthis appear to be intensifying their activities.
The Iran-backed group launched drone attacks on Israeli military posts in Tel Aviv and Eilat on Tuesday, the group’s military spokesman Yahya Saree said in a televised speech.
Israel launched airstrikes on the Yemeni city of Hodeidah on Sunday after the Houthis reported a missile attack on Israel’s Ben Gurion International Airport.
Since November, the Houthis have carried out repeated attacks against Israel in solidarity with the Palestinians, including strikes against ships linked to Israel.
Two ships were damaged after being hit by missiles and a maritime drone off Yemen’s Hodeidah port early Tuesday, maritime security agencies and sources monitoring the area said.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for these attacks.
