Death toll from Israel's genocide in Gaza rises to 48

At least 48 Palestinians were killed on Thursday by Israeli strikes in Gaza, including several killed in an air strike in Gaza City ahead of a major Israeli assault there. 

Gaza civil defence spokesman Mahmud Bassal said that at least eight people alone were killed by an air strike in the Sabra neighbourhood in Gaza City.

Sabra and the nearby Zeitoun district, have been hit hard repeatedly pummelled by Israeli strikes in recent days.