ANKARA

At least eight Palestinians were killed and several others injured on Friday in Israeli airstrikes targeting the Nuseirat, Al-Maghazi, and Jabalia refugee camps, as well as the cities of Khan Younis and Rafah in the Gaza Strip.

According to the Palestinian news agency Wafa, three civilians were killed and others injured in an Israeli airstrike on a house west of Nuseirat camp in central Gaza.

Two more Palestinians were killed in a similar attack on homes in the Al-Maghazi camp in central Gaza.

Local sources reported that Israeli aircraft targeted a house in Block 4 of the Jabalia camp in the northern Gaza Strip, killing three Palestinians and injuring several others.

Seperately, a number of Palestinians were killed and wounded when the Israeli army attacked a tent sheltering displaced people in the Shawafin area, east of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.

The Israeli military also continued its bombardment, demolishing homes and residential blocks in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip.

Israel has continued a devastating military offensive in the Gaza Strip since an Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attack despite a UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate cease-fire.

Nearly 39,700 Palestinians have since been killed, mostly women and children, and over 91,700 injured, according to local health authorities.

Over 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.