ISTANBUL 

At least 22 Palestinians were killed and others wounded on Wednesday in a series of fresh Israeli airstrikes across multiple areas of the Gaza Strip, according to witnesses and medical sources

Seven people were killed and others injured when Israeli warplanes struck a home in the Al-Daraj neighborhood, east of Gaza City.

Ten more Palestinians were killed and others wounded, including seven civil defense officers, in a separate strike that hit Al-Falah School in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood in the southeastern part of the same city. The school was sheltering displaced families.

In the Al-Rimal neighborhood in the west, two people were killed and others wounded in a strike on a home.

Meanwhile, Israeli forces also set fire to buildings near the Islamic University in southwestern Gaza City, causing extensive damage.

In the central Gaza Strip, two Palestinians were killed and others injured in an Israeli strike on Al-Nuseirat refugee camp. Another person was killed and several others were injured in Al-Bureij camp after a house was targeted.

Israel’s government approved a plan on Aug. 8, proposed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, to gradually reoccupy the entire Gaza Strip, starting with Gaza City, home to about 1 million Palestinians. The military then launched a large-scale offensive on the city, destroying homes, towers, property, and tents for the displaced, bombing hospitals, and carrying out ground incursions.

Israel has killed over 66,000 Palestinians, most of them women and children, in Gaza since October 2023. The relentless bombardment has rendered the enclave uninhabitable and led to a famine. Efforts are underway for a ceasefire and a broader peace deal to rebuild Gaza, and a 20-point plan was unveiled by US President Donald Trump this week.