UPDATE 2 - Israeli attacks kill 20 Palestinians across Gaza Strip

UPDATES DEATH TOLL

By Hosni Nedim and Ikram Kouachi

GAZA CITY, Palestine/ANKARA (AA) - At least 20 Palestinians were killed in a new wave of Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip on Sunday, medics said.

A medical source at Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza City told Anadolu that seven Palestinians were killed and several others injured in an Israeli drone strike.

Witnesses said the strike targeted a group of civilians gathered in the courtyard of the hospital in the city.

Another medical source from the Gaza Health Ministry reported that a young Palestinian was killed by Israeli gunfire near the Netzarim Corridor in central Gaza.

In southern Gaza, six people were killed and several others injured by Israeli shelling near the Morag area.

Four others lost their lives in an Israeli strike targeting a tent sheltering displaced families near the Tayba Towers west of Khan Younis.

In central Gaza, a medical source at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital said a drone strike targeted a group of civilians in Al-Bassa, west of Deir al-Balah, killing one person and injuring others.

A Palestinian man was also killed when his home in the Nuseirat refugee camp was struck by Israeli bombardment.

Meanwhile, witnesses reported that the Israeli army demolished three more houses in the Zeitoun neighborhood in southeastern Gaza City and two more in northwestern Khan Younis.

On Aug. 11, Israeli forces launched a large-scale assault on the Zeitoun neighborhood, including house demolitions using booby-trapped robots, artillery fire, indiscriminate shooting, and forced displacement, according to witnesses.

Israel has killed nearly 61,900 Palestinians in Gaza since October 2023. The military campaign has devastated the enclave and brought it to the verge of famine.

Last November, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.

Israel also faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its war on the enclave.