At least 8 killed in Israeli artillery shelling in central Gaza

GAZA CITY, Palestine

At least eight Palestinians were killed in Israeli artillery shelling in the central Gaza Strip on Sunday, a medical source said.

Several people were also injured, including three critically, in the attack that targeted the northern part of the Bureij refugee camp, the source added.

Israel has continued a brutal offensive on Gaza following a cross-border attack by the Palestinian group Hamas on Oct. 7 last year, despite a UN Security Council resolution calling for an immediate cease-fire.

More than 42,200 people have since been killed, mostly women and children, and over 98,400 injured, according to local health authorities.

The Israeli onslaught has displaced almost the entire population of the Gaza Strip amid an ongoing blockade that has led to severe shortages of food, clean water, and medicine.

Israel faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its actions in Gaza.

* Writing by Ikram Kouachi in Ankara