Gaza’s Hamas-run authorities say 16 people were killed in Israeli strikes since dawn.
“Sixteen people have been killed as a result of Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip since dawn,” civil defense spokesman Mahmud Bassal tells AFP.
Among them, nine belonged to the family of photojournalist Osama al-Arbeed and were killed in a strike on their home in Gaza’s north at 2 a.m., Bassal says.
He adds that Arbeed was injured, noting that he is a videographer and editor at a local film production organization.
And in central Gaza six members of the same family were killed in a strike that left 15 people wounded, “including children,” Bassal says.
One other person, a civilian per Bassal, was killed near the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis.
The figures cannot be independently verified.
When contacted by AFP, the Israeli military declines to comment on the strikes, saying it cannot not do so without precise coordinates.
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