Overnight Israeli strikes have killed at least 34 people and wounded 25 across Gaza, according to to an update from local officials.
In the southern city of RafaTwenty-six people were killed, including children and babies, when the airstrikes targeted a residential area and hit 11 houses, according to the Gaza Civil Defense Directorate.
“Our teams in Rafah are still facing multiple attacks on residential and uninhabited homes, resulting in dozens of deaths, injuries and others missing under the rubble,” he said.
On Monday, Israel's military urged residents in eastern Rafah to “evacuate immediately,” a day after the country's defense minister told troops in Gaza to expect “intense action” in the city “in The near future”.
In Gaza CityTwo people were killed and five injured after an airstrike hit an apartment building near the Samar crossing in the center of the city. The victims were sent to Al Ahli Baptist Hospital, according to medical officials.
In Deir el BalahIn central Gaza, six people were killed and 20 wounded in an airstrike on a UN agency school in Nuseirat, Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital told CNN.
The Israeli military confirmed the attack on the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) compound.
The army attacked what it called a “Hamas command and control center” located in a UNRWA compound in central Gaza, it said in a statement.
“As a result of the attack, the Hamas command and control center located in the UNRWA compound is no longer operational,” he said.
The death toll has been updated in this publication.
