9 Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks on southern Gaza Strip
ANKARA (AA) – At least nine Palestinians have been killed and several others injured in an Israeli attack in the southern Gaza Strip.
Medical sources at the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis said that they received nine Palestinians who were killed in an Israeli army bombing of two houses in southern Gaza Strip.
Eyewitnesses reported that the Israeli army targeted a house in the Musabah area, north of Rafah, and another in Khan Younis.
Israel has killed more than 39,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children, in the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023.
Besides mounting casualties, the military campaign has turned much of the enclave of 2.3 million people into ruins, leaving most civilians homeless and at risk of famine.
According to a recent study by The Lancet journal, the actual death toll in Gaza including those missing, buried in the rubble and those dying of infectious diseases and malnutrition since October 2023 is well over 186,000 – which is 8% of the entire population of Gaza.