ISTANBUL

The Israeli army escalated airstrikes in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, killing at least 34 more Palestinians, medics said.

Four Palestinians, including an infant, were killed when an Israeli aircraft struck a house in Tel al-Hawa neighborhood, southwest of Gaza City, Al-Shifa Hospital said.

Six more people lost their lives when Israeli forces shelled a tent sheltering displaced civilians in al-Rimal neighborhood of Gaza City, a medical source said.

The Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital reported that two Palestinians were killed and others injured in another Israeli strike targeting a house in Al-Tuffah neighborhood, east of Gaza City.

Another Palestinian was killed in an Israeli strike on a tent in Al-Zawayda town in central Gaza.

A number of civilians were injured following an Israeli strike on Abu Helo School, which shelters displaced Palestinians in the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza, causing panic among the displaced families, a medical source at Al-Awda Hospital said.

Meanwhile, the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital received another body and several injured Palestinians following an Israeli airstrike targeting a room on the rooftop of a house in central Deir al-Balah city.

The Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis also received the bodies of two people who were targeted by an Israeli drone on the Khan Younis-Rafah western road, southern Gaza Strip.

In another attack, four family members were killed and others injured in a strike that targeted a tent sheltering displaced people in the al-Mawasi area, Khan Younis.

Three Palestinians were also killed when a tent sheltering displaced people next to Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis was targeted.

Separately, a person was killed near the Shuhada Mosque area in Khan Younis, while several others were injured in a strike on a second tent sheltering displaced people in the al-Mawasi area.

Nine Palestinians, including a child, were killed and dozens injured in an Israeli strike targeting tents for displaced people in the same area.

Another Palestinian was killed by Israeli army gunfire on Al-Tina Street, west of Khan Younis.

The Israeli army has killed more than 57,500 Palestinians, most of them women and children, in Gaza since October 2023. The relentless bombardment has destroyed the enclave and led to food shortages and a spread of disease.

US President Donald Trump met Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Monday, while Israeli officials continue engagement with Hamas aimed at securing a Gaza ceasefire and hostage-release deal in Doha, Qatar’s capital.