ISTANBUL

At least 39 Palestinians were killed and several others wounded on Sunday in fresh Israeli strikes targeting multiple areas across the Gaza Strip, medics said.

A medical source said two women were killed in an Israeli strike on Wadi al-Arais in the Shujaiya neighborhood in Gaza City.

Three more people lost their lives, and several others were injured in Israeli shelling in the Zeitoun neighborhood in the same city.

Additionally, three Palestinians were killed when an Israeli airstrike targeted a house in the Al-Tuffah neighborhood, and another victim was pulled from the rubble following a strike in the same area.

Five more people were also killed in a drone strike targeting a group of civilians in the same neighborhood, medics said.

Israeli warplanes also hit near a commercial center in the central city of Deir al-Balah, killing five people and injuring several others, a medical source said.

Another strike was reported on a house in the Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza, but there were no reports yet of casualties.

Eight more people were killed, including three children, when Israeli forces shelled a tent sheltering displaced civilians north of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, a medical source said.

A 17-year-old boy was also killed in an airstrike in the town of Khuza'a, east of Khan Younis, medics said.

Israeli naval forces opened fire on a group of fishermen off the coast of Khan Younis, killing one fisherman and injuring another.

A Palestinian child was killed in a drone strike that targeted a tent sheltering displaced families in the Al-Mawasi area west of Khan Younis, a medical source said.

Witnesses said that Israeli helicopters shelled the city of Rafah in southern Gaza since early morning, but no information was yet available about injuries.

An Israeli drone targeted a tent in the Algerian Camp, which hosts displaced Palestinians, killing five people, including four children, according to witnesses and medical sources.

An Israeli drone targeted a café near the entrance of the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, killing four Palestinians and injuring several others.

More than 52,200 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza in a brutal Israeli onslaught since October 2023, most of them women and children.

The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants last November for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.

Israel also faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its war on the enclave.