Gaza’s Hamas-run civil defense agency says that 20 people, including at least six children, were killed in two Israeli airstrikes overnight in the Strip
Agency spokesman Mahmud Bassal, who is identified by Israel as an active Hamas member, tells AFP the first hit a tent housing displaced people in Khan Yunis in the south shortly after midnight local time and the second struck a camp in the north soon afterwards.
The tolls cannot be verified and do not differentiate between civilians and combatants.
There is no immediate comment from the IDF.
The military says it is taking steps, including the use of aerial intelligence and precision munitions, to mitigate harm to civilians, and accuses Hamas of embedding itself in civilian infrastructure, including schools, hospitals, camps for the displaced and mosques.
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