GAZA CITY, Palestine

Six Palestinians were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a house in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis on Thursday, a medical source said.

Several people were also injured, including children, in the attack that targeted Abasan town, the source added

Witnesses said the house was flattened in the strike with many people are still under the rubble.

More than 700 Palestinians were killed and over 900 others injured in a surprise aerial campaign by Israel on Gaza since Tuesday, shattering a ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement that took hold in January.

Nearly 50,000 Palestinians have been killed, mostly women and children, and nearly 113,000 others injured in a brutal Israeli military campaign in Gaza since October 2023.

Last November, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants 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.