 "25 killed in Gaza in overnight Israeli strikes as war enters 18th month")
According to Palestinian medics, Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip overnight and into Tuesday killed at least 25 people, including five women and eight children.
The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, which received the bodies, reported that 11 individuals, including five children as young as two, were killed in an attack on a house in the central town of Deir al-Balah.
It said another strike struck a house in Deir al-Balah, killing four more people.
The Gaza Health Ministry said another attack in the northern town of Beit Lahiya killed a family of seven and destroyed a house.
A separate strike hit a group of people in an open area northwest of Gaza City, killing four people, including one who was planning to get married next week, the ministry said.
Israel says it only targets militants and blames Hamas for civilian deaths because it operates in densely populated areas.
Israel ended a ceasefire with Hamas in March and has cut off all food, fuel and humanitarian aid to Gaza — a tactic that rights groups say is a war crime — while issuing new displacement orders that have forced hundreds of thousands of Palestinians to flee Israeli bombardments and ground operations.
Israel’s war in Gaza, now in its 18th month, has killed over 50,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. Israel has vowed to escalate the war until Hamas returns dozens of remaining hostages, disarms and leaves the territory.
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More ShortsThe war began when Hamas-led militants stormed into Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, killing some 1,200 people and taking 251 others hostage. The group still holds 59 captives — 24 of whom are believed to be alive.
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