Israeli strikes in four locations across Gaza kill 14, including three children
GAZA CITY: Gaza's civil defence agency said Israeli air strikes and gunfire killed at least 14 people including three children in the war-stricken Palestinian territory on Sunday.
Civil defence spokesman Mahmud Bassal told AFP that 13 people died in air strikes at four locations around the Gaza Strip, and another from Israeli fire near an aid distribution centre.
The Israeli military told AFP it was not able to comment on the reported incidents but said it was fighting "to dismantle Hamas military capabilities" in a campaign launched in 2023 against the Islamist militant group whose attack on Israel triggered the war.
Restrictions on media in Gaza and difficulties in accessing many areas mean AFP is unable to independently verify the tolls and details provided by rescuers.
Bassal said two children were killed in an air strike on their home in Gaza City's Zeitun neighbourhood in the early morning, and "the house was completely destroyed."
A member of the family, Abdel Rahman Azzam, 45, told AFP he was at home and "heard a huge explosion at my relative's house."
"I rushed out in panic and saw the house destroyed and on fire," he added.
"We evacuated more than 20 injured people, including two martyrs -- two children from the family. The screams of children and women were non-stop," Azzam said.
"They bombed the house with a missile without any prior warning. This is a horrific crime. We sleep without knowing if we will wake up."
Elsewhere, Bassal said a drone strike on a tent housing displaced people near the southern city of Khan Yunis killed five people including a child.
He said that other casualties included a young man killed "by Israeli fire this morning while waiting for aid" near a humanitarian distribution centre in the southern city of Rafah.
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