GAZA CITY, Palestine 

Several Palestinians were killed and injured late Thursday as an Israeli warplane targeted a gathering in the city of Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Anadolu learned.

Witnesses said the fighter jet bombed a crowd of citizens near the Abu Hamid roundabout, resulting in an unspecified number of casualties.

The dead and injured were transported to Nasser Hospital in the city.

Israel has killed more than 38,000 Palestinians since an Oct. 7 cross-border attack by Hamas. The military campaign has turned much of the enclave of 2.3 million people into ruins, leaving most civilians homeless and at risk of famine.

Israel is also accused of committing genocide in the besieged Palestinian enclave, and a case is continuing at the International Court of Justice in The Hague.

*Writing by Mohammad Sio