Israeli airstrike kills 4 in central Gaza

GAZA CITY, Palestine

At least four Palestinians were killed and several others injured in an Israeli airstrike in the central Gaza Strip on Thursday, according to medics.

The fatalities occurred when an Israeli fighter jet targeted a group of civilians south of the Nuseirat refugee camp, witnesses said.

Medics at Al-Awda Hospital confirmed that the bodies of four people were transferred to the hospital after the Israeli raid.

Israel, flouting a UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate cease-fire, has faced international condemnation amid its continued brutal offensive on Gaza since an Oct. 7, 2023 attack by the Palestinian resistance group Hamas.

Nearly 39,500 Palestinians have since been killed, mostly women and children, and over 91,000 injured, according to local health authorities.

Almost 10 months into the Israeli war, vast tracts of Gaza lie in ruins amid a crippling blockade of food, clean water and medicine.

Israel stands accused of genocide at the International Court of Justice, which ordered it to immediately halt its military operation in the southern city of Rafah, where over a million Palestinians had sought refuge from the war before it was invaded on May 6.

*Writing by Ahmed Asmar