Israeli airstrikes kill 8 Palestinians, including women, children, in Gaza

GAZA CITY, Palestine

Eight Palestinians, including two women and five children, were killed on Monday in Israeli airstrikes targeting a school sheltering displaced civilians and a home in the central Gaza Strip.

A mother and her four children were killed, and others were injured in an Israeli airstrike targeting the Al-Samak family’s home in Deir Al-Balah city, the Gaza Civil Defense said in a statement.

In a separate statement, the Civil Defense added that an Israeli airstrike on Khaled Bin Al-Waleed School in Al-Nuseirat refugee camp killed a man, his wife, and their daughter, and injured others.

Since Oct. 7, Israeli forces have bombed 183 displacement centers and shelters across the Gaza Strip, according to the Gaza's media office.

Palestinians have faced repeated displacement, as the Israeli military orders residents of various areas to evacuate ahead of airstrikes and ground incursions.

According to the Media Office, the number of displaced people in the besieged strip since the war began has reached 2 million, out of a total population of 2.3 million Palestinians.

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

More than 41,400 people, mostly women and children, have since been killed and more than 95,800 injured, according to local health authorities.

The Israeli onslaught has displaced almost the entire population of the territory 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 Mohammad Sio