At least 66 people died in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, including children waiting for nutritional supplements, according to hospitals and international aid workers in the Strip.
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At least 66 people were killed by Israeli airstrikes in Gaza on Thursday, according to local hospitals in the Strip.
This includes at least 15 people queuing for nutritional supplements in front of a clinic in central Gaza, of which 10 were children, the al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital in Deir al-Balah said.
Project Hope, the aid group that runs the clinic, described the attack as a violation of international law. According to the US-based organisation, those gathered were waiting to receive treatment for malnutrition and infections when the strike took place.
“This morning, innocent families were mercilessly attacked as they stood in line waiting for the doors to open," Project Hope's CEO Rabih Torbay said.
“Angry, horrified and heartbroken cannot properly communicate how we feel anymore.”
The Israeli Defence Forces said it had struck a “Hamas terrorist” and that it regretted any harm to civilians. The Israeli military added that the incident was under review.
The latest strikes come as Israeli negotiators in Doha continue talks with Hamas on a ceasefire, the release of hostages and the entry of humanitarian aid into the Palestinian territory.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with US President Donald Trump this week to discuss the possibility of a ceasefire and the situation in Gaza.
The Israel-Hamas war in Gaza began after Hamas militants attacked southern Israel on 7 October 2023, killing around 1,200 people, most of them civilians. Hamas took 251 people as hostages.
A subsequent Israeli offensive has to date killed more than 57,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children, according to the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry, whose figures do not distinguish between fighters and civilians.
The Israeli military says 890 of its soldiers have died since the start of the war.