Israeli airstrikes kill more than 30 people in Gaza – including more than a dozen women and children

Israeli airstrikes have killed more than 30 people in Gaza, including over a dozen women and children, local health officials have said.

Strikes overnight into Sunday hit a tent and a house in Khan Younis, killing five men, five women and five children, according to Nasser Hospital, which received the bodies.

Later on Sunday, at least two people were killed, and six others injured when an Israeli airstrike hit a tent in Khan Younis located outside the Nasser hospital, which was being used as a base by a number of journalists.

A number of them were among the injured, according to hospital officials.

Footage showed a journalist being engulfed by flames after his tent was hit by an airstrike. He is reported to be in a critical condition.

Israeli shelling killed at least four people in the Jabaliya refugee camp, according to Gaza’s Hamas-run Health Ministry.

The bodies of seven people, including a child and three women, arrived at Al Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al Balah, according to an Associated Press journalist there.

And a strike in Gaza City hit people waiting outside a bakery, killing six, including three children, according to the civil defence, which operates under the Hamas-run government.

Last month, Israel ended its ceasefire with Hamas and restarted its air and ground offensive.

It has carried out waves of strikes and seized territory in an attempt to pressure Hamas to accept a new deal for a truce and release the remaining hostages.

It has also blocked the import of food, fuel and humanitarian aid for over a month.

“Stocks are getting low and the situation is becoming desperate,” the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees said on social media.

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On Sunday night, Israel’s military ordered Palestinians to evacuate several neighbourhoods in Gaza’s Deir al Balah shortly after around 10 projectiles were fired from Gaza.

The military said around five were intercepted, and Hamas’s military arm claimed responsibility.

Police said a rocket fell in Ashkelon, an Israeli city just to the north of Gaza, and fragments fell in several other areas.

The Magen David Adom emergency service said one man was lightly injured, and the military later said it struck a rocket launcher in Gaza.

Netanyahu visits Trump

It comes as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu heads to the United States to meet with Donald Trump to discuss the war.

Mr Netanyahu said the pair would also discuss the new 17% tariff imposed on Israel as part of Mr Trump’s sweeping new tariffs.

“There is a very large queue of leaders who want to do this with respect to their economies. I think it reflects the special personal connection and the special connection between the United States and Israel, which is so vital at this time,” Mr Netanyahu said during a visit to Hungary.

The war between Israel and Hamas began when Hamas-led militants invaded Israel on 7 October 2023 and killed around 1,200 people and took 251 hostage.

Some 59 hostages are still being held in Gaza, with 24 still believed to be alive.

Israel’s offensive has killed at least 50,695 Palestinians, according to Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry, which does not differentiate between civilians or combatants, with another 115,338 wounded.

Israel says it has killed around 20,000 militants.