Israeli air strikes kill nine Palestinians in Gaza

At least nine Palestinians, including women and children, were killed early Friday morning in Israeli air strikes targeting Gaza City and Rafah.

Local sources reported that four people were killed when Israeli forces bombed a house belonging to the Abu Beid family in the Shujaiya neighbourhood, east of Gaza City.

In another attack in the Sedra area of Gaza City, a young girl was killed when her family’s home was struck. In Rafah, a woman succumbed to injuries sustained during an air strike on her home in the Nasser neighbourhood, east of the city.

Meanwhile, three Palestinians were killed and several others injured when an Israeli air strike hit a house belonging to the Harara family near al-Istijabah Mosque in Gaza City’s Sabra neighbourhood.