Hospital officials in Gaza say more than 50 people, including children, killed in overnight strikes

Health officials in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip say at least 55 people, including more than a dozen children, were killed in Israeli strikes across the enclave overnight.

In southern Gaza’s Khan Younis, officials say the bodies of 14 people were taken to Nasser Hospital — nine of them from the same family. They say the dead include five children and four women.

The bodies of another 19 people, including five children aged between 1 and 7 years and a pregnant woman, were taken to the European hospital near Khan Younis, hospital officials say.

In Gaza City, 21 bodies are said to have been taken to Ahli hospital, including those of seven children.

The figures could not be verified, and don’t differentiate between combatants and civilians.

Since resuming operations in the Gaza Strip on March 18, the IDF has said it is targeting senior Hamas political officials and mid-level military commanders. Members of Palestinian Islamic Jihad and other terror groups have also been targeted.

The IDF has said it seeks to minimize civilian fatalities and accuses Hamas of embedding itself in civilian infrastructure, including homes, hospitals, schools and mosques.