At least 33 Palestinians killed by Israeli airstrikes in Gaza

Israeli strikes in the northern and central Gaza Strip on December 11th killed at least 33 Palestinians, most of them in the northern Gazan town of Beit Lahia, according to medics as reported by Reuters.

Health officials said at least 22 people were killed by an Israeli airstrike on a house in Beit Lahiya, including women and children. The names of the dead were listed by relatives on social media.

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WAFA, a Palestinian news agency, said at least 30 people were living in the multi-storey building before the strike, adding that several members of the family remained missing as rescue operations continued throughout the morning.

The Palestinian news agency WAFA said at least 30 people were living in the multi-storey building before it was struck.

At least seven Palestinians were killed and several others wounded in an Israeli airstrike on a house in the Nuseirat camp in centra Gaza earlier in the day, medics told Reuters.

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The Palestinian Civil Emergency Service stated that another two people were killed by an Israeli airstrike on a house in Gaza City.

In the town of Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza, where Israeli forces have operated since October, medics said an Israeli airstrike killed and wounded several people, and rescue workers said several people were trapped under the rubble of a house.

Reuters