Israeli airstrike kills 4 Gazans in Khan Younis

GAZA CITY, Palestine

Four Palestinians were killed and several others injured in a fresh Israeli airstrike on Thursday in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, medical sources said.

The attack targeted a house in Qizan an-Najjar, east of Khan Younis, witnesses said.

Medical sources said that the victims were transferred to Nasser Hospital in the city.

The Israeli army launched a surprise attack in the city on Monday after issuing immediate evacuation orders for residents in its eastern neighborhoods.

At least 129 people have since been killed and over 400 others injured in the area, which was previously designated as a “safe zone” for displaced people by the military.

Israel has continued a deadly offensive on the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7, 2023 following a Hamas attack despite a UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate cease-fire.

More than 39,100 Palestinians have since been killed, mostly women and children, and over 90,200 injured, according to local health authorities.

Over nine months into the Israeli onslaught, vast tracts of Gaza lie in ruins amid a crippling blockade of food, clean water, and medicine.

Israel is accused of genocide at the International Court of Justice, which ordered Tel Aviv to immediately halt its military operation in the southern city of Rafah, where more than 1 million Palestinians had sought refuge from the war before it was invaded on May 6.

*Writing by Rania Abu Shamala