Israeli strikes on Palestinian territories on Tuesday killed more than two dozen people, local officials said yesterday.
An Israeli airstrike killed five people in the occupied West Bank and at least 20 people in the Gaza Strip, the officials said.
Gaza’s health ministry said that a strike on a tent camp in an Israeli-designated humanitarian zone killed at least 19 people.
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Hamas-led militants killed about 1,200 people, mostly civilians, in an attack in Israel on Oct. 7 last year, sparking a war. They abducted about 250 people and are still holding about 100.
The Israeli military yesterday said it targeted a group of militants in the northern city of Tubas.
Israel has stepped up its military raids across the territory in the past few weeks, and says it is working to dismantle militant groups and prevent attacks.
Palestinians say such operations are aimed at cementing Israel’s military rule over the territory.
A separate strike in the Gaza Strip killed at least 20 people, including 16 women and children, Palestinian officials said.
The airstrike killed 11 people, including six siblings ranging from 21 months to 21 years old, said the European Hospital, which received the casualties.
The dead from the strike near the southern city of Khan Younis included three other women, a child and a man, the hospital said.
A strike late on Tuesday on a home in the urban Jabaliya refugee camp in northern Gaza killed nine people, including six women and children, the ministry and first responders said.
The Civil Defense said that the home belonged to Akram al-Najjar, a professor at al-Quds Open University, who survived the strike.
Israel says it only targets militants. It blames civilian deaths on Hamas because its fighters are embedded in dense residential neighborhoods.
Meanwhile, Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar on Tuesday congratulated Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on his re-election, thanking him for supporting Palestinians.
Sinwar “renewed his appreciation for the Algerian role in standing by the Palestinian people and defending their rights in international forums,” Hamas wrote on Telegram.
He also congratulated “the Algerian people’s renewed confidence in [Tebboune] to lead the country, wishing God to grant him success and assistance, to serve Algeria and its people,” it said.
Tebboune was re-elected on Sunday with nearly 95 percent of the vote.
Algeria has since January been a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council, where it is the only representative of Arab countries. It has submitted several draft resolutions calling for a ceasefire in the 11-month war in Gaza, ruled by Hamas, all of which have been blocked by the US.
Additional reporting by AFP
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