GAZA CITY, Palestine/ANKARA 

Five Palestinians were killed and several others injured on Friday in separate Israeli strikes targeting displaced persons and civilians across the Gaza Strip, according to eyewitnesses and medical sources.

Medical sources told Anadolu that a Palestinian waiting for humanitarian aid north of Rafah in southern Gaza was shot dead by Israeli forces.

In Gaza City’s Al-Tuffah neighborhood, an Israeli airstrike struck a civilian gathering, killing three Palestinians and injuring others.

In a separate attack, a drone strike hit a tent set up on the roof of Al-Rimal School, which was sheltering displaced people in the Al-Rimal area of Gaza City. One person was killed and several more were wounded, the sources reported.

Eyewitnesses described scenes of panic and destruction as families fled the targeted areas, many of them already displaced by previous Israeli attacks.

Rejecting international calls for a ceasefire, the Israeli army has pursued a brutal offensive on Gaza since Oct. 7, 2023, killing over 59,500 Palestinians, most of them women and children. The relentless bombardment has destroyed the enclave and led to food shortages.

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.