Gaza, Aug 20: At least 15 Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes targeting two gatherings in Gaza City and Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, Palestinian sources said.
Israeli aircraft attacked a gathering of Palestinians in the al-Shati refugee camp, west of Gaza City, Palestinian security sources told Xinhua on Monday.
Nine people were killed and several others injured in the airstrikes, medical sources said. All the injured were hospitalized.
Also, according to medical sources, six people were killed in an Israeli attack on a gathering of Palestinians near an internet distribution point west of Khan Younis.
Meanwhile, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) reported on Monday that at least 289 relief workers, including 885 health workers, as well as 207 UNRWA staff members, have been killed in the Gaza Strip.
UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini wrote on social media platform X that many of the deceased lost their lives while providing humanitarian aid or medical care to the wounded and sick.
He also noted that more than 160 journalists and media workers have been killed while covering the humanitarian impact of the conflict and ongoing violations of international humanitarian law.
Israel launched a massive offensive against Hamas in the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023 to avenge Hamas’s incursion through the southern Israeli border, during which about 1,200 people were killed and about 250 were taken hostage.
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