Gaza death toll since dawn rises to 28 

Israeli forces have killed at least 28 Palestinians in Gaza since dawn today, Al Jazeera Arabic has reported, quoting hospital sources. The number includes at least four aid seekers.

24 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza City alone, where Israeli warplanes have hit a residential building. Israeli forces have intensified bombardments in the area in recent days.

Gaza's civil defence agency spokesperson Mahmud Bassal, in a statement to AFP, has said that Israeli helicopters also struck an apartment in the west of the city, killing three and wounding several others. 

More than 63,557 Palestinians have been killed, and 160,660 others wounded in Israel's genocide in Gaza since October 2023. The respected medical journal, The Lancet, estimates the figure to be significantly higher.