Report: Dozens killed in Israeli strikes in Gaza

Dozens of Palestinians have been killed in ongoing Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian news agency WAFA reported on Sunday.

The bodies of 41 people have been brought to various hospitals in the embattled coastal strip since Sunday morning, WAFA said.

The Israeli military stated that it was continuing its operations against terrorist organizations throughout the Gaza Strip. The offensive in Gaza City had also been expanded, it said.

In one instance, Israeli troops reportedly identified five militants who fired an anti-tank missile at the building where the soldiers were located. There were no injuries among the soldiers, according to the military.

The Israeli Air Force “eliminated” the attackers, it said. Within 24 hours, around 140 military targets in the coastal strip were attacked, it added.

Meanwhile, the Israeli army spokesman called on residents of various neighbourhoods in Gaza City to leave immediately. They were advised in Arabic to move to the Israeli-designated humanitarian zone of al-Mawasi in the south-west of the Gaza Strip.

The spokesman announced an attack on another high-rise building in Gaza City, stating that infrastructure of the Islamist organization Hamas was located there.

According to the Israeli military, around 780,000 civilians have already fled Gaza City, where an estimated 1 million people were present before the ground offensive began two weeks ago.

Since the beginning of the Gaza war almost two years ago, more than 66,000 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have been killed, according to the Hamas-run health authority, including numerous women and children.