Palestinian officials say Israeli strikes have killed 22 people in northern Gaza

Oct 26, 2024 | 10:44 PM

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli strikes on northern Gaza have killed at least 22 people, Palestinian medical officials said.

The Gaza Health Ministry’s emergency service said that 11 women and two children were among those killed in the strikes late Saturday in the northern town of Beit Lahiya.

There was no immediate comment from the Israeli military.

Israel has been waging a massive air and ground offensive in northern Gaza for the last three weeks, after saying that Hamas militants had regrouped there. Hundreds of people have been killed and tens of thousands of Palestinians have fled to Gaza City in the latest wave of displacement in the yearlong war.