ANKARA

At least 19 Palestinians were killed and several others injured on Sunday in an Israeli attack targeting various areas of the besieged Gaza Strip.

Six Palestinians were killed and 21 others were injured following two separate airstrikes on Deir al-Balah, one of which hit tents housing displaced persons within the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital grounds, said medical sources at the hospital.

Separately, Israeli army vehicles stationed on the eastern border of the central governorate fired intensively at eastern areas of the Bureij and Maghazi camps.

Israeli warplanes also struck agricultural land near a displaced persons' tents in the Nuseirat camp, igniting a fire, according to eyewitnesses.

In Gaza City, Palestinian Civil Defense spokesperson Mahmoud Bassil reported that three Palestinians were killed and two others were missing after an Israeli drone hit a civilian car in the Zeitoun neighborhood.

Another two Palestinians were killed in an Israeli strike targeting a group of citizens in the Shujaiya neighborhood.

In the northern Gaza Strip, rescue teams recovered eight bodies, including three children, and several people were injured after an Israeli airstrike hit a home belonging to the Al-Amoudi family in the Al-Fakhoura area of the Jabalia camp.

Israel, flouting a UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate cease-fire, has faced international condemnation amid its continued brutal offensive on Gaza since an attack last October by Hamas.

More than 39,500 Palestinians have since been killed, mostly women and children, and nearly 91,300 injured, according to local health authorities.

Almost 10 months into the Israeli war, vast tracts of Gaza lie in ruins amid a crippling blockade of food, clean water, and medicine.

Israel stands accused of genocide at the International Court of Justice, which ordered it to immediately halt its military operation in the southern city of Rafah, where more than 1 million Palestinians had sought refuge from the war before it was invaded on May 6.

*Writing by Ikram Kouachi