GAZA CITY, Palestine

A considerable number of Palestinians were killed late Thursday in attacks by Israel on the besieged Gaza Strip, according to media reports.

Israeli forces bombed civilian areas, including the Jabalia Refugee Camp, Rafah and Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip from the air and the ground, said the Palestinian news agency, WAFA.

At least six victims were killed and others injured in attacks on Khan Yunis.

The bodies of the deceased and injured were transferred to Nasser Hospital.

Meanwhile, casualties and injuries were reported in the bombing of houses of Palestinians in the Nuseirat Refugee Camp in the central Gaza Strip.

At least nine victims, most of them children, were killed, and others injured in the attacks on the Jabalia Refugee Camp in northern Gaza.

There was a mother and her five daughters among the casualties.

At least three people, including a child, were killed and several injured in the attacks by Israeli warplanes on Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.

The Palestinian Red Crescent said it received dozens of calls reporting numerous dead and injuries due to the bombing of a house in the Al-Nazla region of Jabalia, but no ambulance or rescue team could reach the victims.

*Writing by Zehra Nur Duz