Five Palestinians, including two women, killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza City and Khan Younis

Israeli attacks on Khan Younis and Gaza City have killed five Palestinians, including two women, Wafa news agency is reporting, citing local sources.

According to the sources, Israeli drone strikes targeted the al-Tuwam area in northern Gaza City, killing three Palestinians and injuring dozens more.

A separate attack on the al-Shurafa family home in the al-Tuffah neighbourhood in the northeast of the city, resulted in an unspecified number of casualties, according to the report.

Meanwhile, sources at Nasser Hospital said that a woman was killed in an air strike on the al-Amal neighbourhood in northeast Khan Younis. Another woman was shot dead by Israeli forces near an aid distribution point southwest of Khan Younis.

Wafa also reported that, separately, a man succumbed to injuries sustained in a previous Israeli attack on the al-Mawasi area west of Khan Younis.

The news site added that emergency teams recovered the bodies of eight Palestinians from the rubble in Gaza City's al-Zeytoun neighbourhood, following a previous Israeli bombardment.

At least 60,430 Palestinians have been killed, and another 148,722 injured in Israeli attacks across Gaza since October 2023.