17 Palestinians killed by Israel since dawn

Israeili forces have killed at least 17 Palestinians in air strikes on homes in Gaza City since dawn today, Al Jazeera Arabic has reported, quoting hospital sources. 

Israeli warplanes hit a residential building in southwestern Gaza City, killing 10 people, Gaza's civil defence agency spokesperson Mahmud Bassal said in a statement to AFP. 

Bassal said 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.