GAZA CITY, Palestine / ANKARA

At least 26 Palestinians were killed and several others injured early Saturday as Israeli warplanes and artillery struck multiple locations across the Gaza Strip, including areas sheltering displaced families.

In the northern part of the strip, two Palestinians, including a child, were killed and 12 others injured in an Israeli strike on the Adnan Al-Alami School, which shelters displaced families northwest of Gaza City, medical sources told Anadolu.

Separately, two Palestinians were killed when an Israeli airstrike hit a home in the neighborhood of Jabalia al-Balad.

In Deir al-Balah, central Gaza, two civilians were killed in an Israeli attack on a group of people gathered east of the city.

Medical sources said three Palestinians were killed in an Israeli strike on the Al-Saftawi area in northern Gaza City.

Two Palestinians were also killed by Israeli gunfire while waiting to receive US-Israeli aid south of Gaza City.

In southern Gaza, six more Palestinians were killed and several were injured in an Israeli airstrike that targeted a tent sheltering displaced people in the Al-Mawasi area west of Khan Younis, the sources added.

Seven more Palestinians were killed in two Israeli airstrikes on Khan Younis in southern Gaza.

Another airstrike targeted a displaced family’s tent in the same area killing one person and injuring several others. A separate strike in the area wounded six more people.

Another Palestinian was shot dead by Israeli forces while waiting to receive aid west of Rafah in southern Gaza.

Israeli forces also opened fire on Palestinians waiting for humanitarian aid near a distribution point associated with the controversial US-Israeli aid mechanism near the Netzarim corridor. At least 10 people were injured by live ammunition, according to local medical teams.

Since May 27, Israel and the US have been operating an aid distribution system independent of the UN and major humanitarian agencies. Critics have condemned the initiative as a “death trap,” as Israeli troops have repeatedly opened fire on crowds seeking food and supplies.

As of Wednesday, Gaza’s Health Ministry reported that at least 549 Palestinians had been killed and more than 4,066 injured while attempting to receive aid at these distribution sites.

Separately, at least eight Palestinians were injured when the Israeli artillery targeted two homes in the northern Gaza town of Jabalia at dawn.

Rejecting international calls for a ceasefire, the Israeli army has pursued a brutal offensive against Gaza since October 2023, killing more than 56,000 Palestinians, most of them women and children.

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.