20 Killed In Israeli Strike On Gaza

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Gaza’s civil defence agency said Israeli air strikes hit two homes at dawn on Friday in Khan Yunis, the territory’s main southern city, killing at least 20 people.

Fourteen people were killed in a strike that hit the home of the Al-Fara family, and another six were killed in a separate air raid, according to agency spokesman Mahmud Bassal.

Displaced African migrant workers seek refuge at a warehouse, turned into a shelter by a group of volunteers to house migrant workers who fled Israeli bombardment in southern Lebanon, in the eastern suburbs of Beirut on October 21, 2024, amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hezbollah.
Supporters of Yemen’s Huthis gather with pictures of Hamas’ slain leader Yahya Sinwar during a rally held in the Huthi-controlled capital Sanaa on October 18, 2024 in protest against Israel’s attacks on Lebanon and the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip. – Israel announced on October 17 the killing of Sinwar, mastermind of the October 7 attack, calling his death a “heavy blow” to the Palestinian group it has been fighting for more than a year. 

Medics at the Nasser Medical Complex confirmed the casualties at the Al-Fara home and released the names of the dead.

The military, in a statement giving an operational update, said that “a number of terrorists were eliminated from the air and ground” in southern Gaza.

A young masked supporter of Yemen’s Huthis stands on the shoulders of a person while holding a picture of Hamas’ slain leader Yahya Sinwar while chanting slogans during a rally held in the Huthi-controlled capital Sanaa on October 18, 2024 in protest against Israel’s attacks on Lebanon and the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip. – Israel announced on October 17 the killing of Sinwar, mastermind of the October 7 attack, calling his death a “heavy blow” to the Palestinian group it has been fighting for more than a year. 

While Israeli forces continue to operate across Gaza, recent weeks have seen an intensified air and ground assault in the territory’s north, where the military reports Hamas militants are regrouping.

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People inspect the damage at the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted an apartment building in town of Barja south of Beirut on October 12, 2024.

 

 

AFP

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