Hamas-controlled civil defense agency says 25 killed in airstrikes since dawn

Gaza’s civil defense agency reports that Israeli airstrikes since dawn on Sunday have killed at least 25 people across the Gaza Strip, including women and children.

“Since dawn today, the occupation’s airstrikes have killed 20 people and injured dozens more, including children and women across the Gaza Strip,” Mahmud Bassal, spokesman for the civil defense agency, tells AFP.

In a separate statement later, the agency reports that five people were killed in an Israeli drone strike on a group of civilians in eastern Rafah.

The figures cannot be independently verified and do not differentiate between combatants and civilians.

Times of Israel staff contributed to this report.