ISTANBUL

At least nine Palestinians were killed and others injured on Monday in Israeli airstrikes on the war-torn Gaza Strip, the Palestinian news agency Wafa reported.

Five Palestinians were killed and others injured in an Israeli army strike targeting a tent sheltering displaced people in the al-Mawasi area, west of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip.

An Israeli drone strike killed two more civilians and wounded several others in the al-Nazla roundabout in Jabalia, northern Gaza.

Two more Palestinians lost their lives in an Israeli airstrike in the south of Deir al-Balah in central Gaza.

Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip show no sign of abating, even as the deepening famine claims more lives.

At least 18 people have died from starvation over the past 24 hours alone, highlighting the escalating humanitarian catastrophe as relentless bombardment and deprivation converge to push civilians beyond the brink.

Israel has killed nearly 59,000 Palestinians, most of them women and children, in the Gaza Strip since October 2023. The military campaign has devastated the enclave, collapsed the health system, and led to severe 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.