ISTANBUL

At least 120 Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza overnight as the fighting entered 18th day on Tuesday, local media reported.

The Palestinian news agency WAFA quoted a medical source as saying that Israeli fighter jets attacked several Palestinian areas across the Gaza Strip, leaving at least 120 Palestinians killed including children and women along with dozens of others.

It added that in a single airstrike on a residential building for the Alaydi family in Rafah city, southern Gaza Strip, 48 Palestinians were killed and dozens injured.

WAFA also said that an Israeli airstrike targeted a house for the Mkhaimar family in Rafah, causing deaths and injuries among the house residents, and in Alfaluja area, northern Gaza, an Israeli airstrike on a residential building also caused deaths and injuries.

In Khan Younis city, several Israeli airstrikes left at least 23 Palestinians killed.

Rescue teams were working to pull out bodies under the rubble and to find possible survivors, the reported added.

*Writing by Ahmed Asmar