At least 13 Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza

Jerusalem [Israel], December 11: At least 13 people have been killed in Israeli attacks in central and southern Gaza as Israel continues its assault on the besieged Palestinian territory.
At least seven people were killed and many wounded by an Israeli air attack on a house in central Gaza's Nuseirat camp early on Tuesday, according to medics. The house was targeted on Tuesday morning, the Palestinian Civil Defence said in a statement, adding that its teams recovered seven bodies and rescued a number of wounded people from the site of the attack.
Anadolu Agency quoted a medical source at al-Awda Hospital as saying that the victims included a woman and three children. The report added that the Israeli strikes severely damaged surrounding buildings as well.
The Quds News Network reported that Palestinian footballer Mohamed Khalifa was among the victims of the attack.
In southern Gaza, at least six people were killed in Israeli attacks in Rafah governorate, the official Palestinian news agency reported. Three civilians were killed in a drone strike north of Rafah city and two others were killed in another drone attack in the al-Shakoush area northwest of Rafah, WAFA reported, citing local sources. One person was killed in an Israeli attack on Khirbet al-Adas in the north of Rafah governorate, the news agency said.
On Monday night, one Palestinian was killed and many were wounded by an Israeli air strike that targeted the home of the Meqdad family in Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood, north of Gaza City.
In addition, nearly two dozen people were killed on Monday evening in an attack on a building sheltering displaced people in northern Gaza.
"Twenty people from one displaced family from Beit Lahiya and Jabalia, who were making their way to Beit Hanoon city, were killed," Al Jazeera's Hani Mahmoud, reporting from Deir el-Balah, said.
"That includes men, women, children, as well as elderly Palestinians." Footage shared on social media, and verified by Al Jazeera, shows residents on Tuesday collecting the bodies and lining them up on the street. In central Gaza's Deir el-Balah, Israeli naval forces detained six Palestinian fishermen who tried to sail into the Mediterranean Sea. (Agencies)
Source: Qatar Tribune