Israeli Forces Kill 70 Palestinians in Gaza, Injuring Many
Israeli attacks on Gaza kill over 70 Palestinians in one day, with strikes targeting aid centers, refugee camps, and homes amid soaring civilian toll.
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Israeli military forces killed at least 70 Palestinians with gunfire and military strikes in Gaza on Thursday, June 19, according to Gaza's civil defence spokesman, Mahmoud Basal.
Earlier, medics reported the killing of 12 Palestinians who were seeking aid from the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation centre in central Gaza.
Dozens of Palestinians were also killed in separate Israeli airstrikes in northern Gaza, according to medics. At least 12 people, including children and women, were killed in a strike near a mosque in Al Shati refugee camp.
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Another eight civilians were killed in shelling on Gaza City on Thursday, according to the Wafa news agency. Five of those individuals were killed in an attack on a house in the Zeitoun neighbourhood and the remaining three were killed in an attack in the west of the city.
Israeli forces also blew up homes in the east of Jabalia Al Balad in northern Gaza, Wafa reported.
The agency also reported the injuring of 100 other Plaestinians when Israeli drones and military vehicles opened fire on Thursday morning at an aid center in central Gaza.
At least 338 Palestinians have been killed by Israel while gathering to collect aid from GHF aid centers, according to a tally released by local health authorities on Monday, June 16.
The death toll for Palestinians killed during Israel's war on Gaza has passed 55,700 and the number of injured Palestinians has rose over 130,100, according to the health ministry on Thursday.