Israeli strikes kill at least 12 Palestinians across Gaza since dawn

At least 12 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli air raids across the Gaza Strip since dawn, according to medical sources speaking to Al Jazeera Arabic.

Hospital officials in Gaza City said nine of the victims were killed there, including five people in the Al-Saftawi area, north of the city, as confirmed by Al-Shifa Hospital.

Earlier, the Baptist Hospital reported that two people were killed in an Israeli strike on the Shuja’iyya neighbourhood in the east.

In central Gaza, Al-Awda Hospital said one person was killed and several others wounded when a water tanker was targeted in the Nuseirat refugee camp.