ISRAELI strikes have killed at least 10 people overnight in the Gaza Strip, mostly women and children, according to local health officials.
Two of the strikes overnight and early on Sunday hit tents in the southern city of Khan Younis, each killing two children and their parents. Other strikes killed a child and a man riding a bicycle, according to Nasser Hospital, which received the bodies from all three strikes.
There was no immediate Israeli comment on the strikes. Israel has previously said it does not intentionally target civilians and blames militant group Hamas for embedding in densely populated areas.
Israel has sealed Gaza off from all imports, including food, medicine and emergency shelter, for more than 10 weeks, in what it claims is a pressure tactic aimed at forcing Hamas to release hostages.
Israel resumed its assault in March, shattering a ceasefire that had facilitated the release of more than 30 hostages.
Aid groups say food supplies are running low and hunger is widespread in Gaza. Clemence Lagouardat, Gaza humanitarian lead with charity Oxfam, told the BBC's Good Morning Scotland show that the humanitarian situation in Gaza has "reached an all-time low".
Israel’s war on Gaza has killed more than 52,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. The offensive has destroyed vast areas of the territory and displaced some 90% of its population of around two million.
Attacks intensified on October 7 2023 when Hamas-led militants attacked southern Israel killing around 1200 people and taking 251 hostage. Fifty-nine hostages are still inside Gaza, with around a third of them believed to be alive.
It comes as a former Israeli army chief said that Israel is "sending soldiers to commit war crimes in Gaza".
Moshe Yaalon, the Israeli military's former chief of staff, said Israel was carrying out a campaign of "ethnic cleansing" in Gaza.
