GAZA CITY, Palestine / ISTANBUL

The Israeli army continued to launch deadly strikes on residential neighborhoods across the Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing at least seven people, including a toddler, and injuring many others, medics said.

In Gaza City, a woman was killed and several others were injured as Israeli helicopters intensified strikes on Gaza City since dawn, targeting tents in the central Yarmouk area, medical sources told Anadolu.

According to the state news agency Wafa, a toddler was also killed by Israeli strikes in the same area.

The Israeli army also shelled a civilian gathering in the Shejaiya neighborhood in eastern Gaza City, killing one woman, injuring others.

Israeli warplanes launched a series of strikes on Al-Nafaq Street, which runs from central Gaza City toward its northeastern areas, coinciding with heavy artillery shelling of the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood.

In central Gaza, a Palestinian child was killed by Israeli gunfire on houses in the Bureij refugee camp.

In Deir al-Balah, Israeli drones struck a house, injuring several Palestinians.

Israeli forces also arrested a number of Palestinian fishermen off the coast of Gaza City, and blew up their boats, according to the Prisoner’s Media Office.

Two Palestinians seeking aid were also killed by Israeli army fire in northwestern Rafah, southern Gaza Strip.

In northern Khan Younis, the Israeli army opened fire on civilians, resulting in the death of a Palestinian.

The Israeli army has continued a brutal offensive on the Gaza Strip, killing more than 64,600 Palestinians since October 2023. The military campaign has devastated the enclave, which is facing famine.

Last November, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.

Israel also faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its war on the enclave.