Palestinian officials said Wednesday that Israeli airstrikes in northern and central Gaza killed at least 15 people.
One of the strikes hit a house in the Jabaliya area of northern Gaza, while another hit the Bureij refugee camp in the center of the Gaza Strip.
Israel’s military did not immediate comment on the attacks, but earlier Wednesday, it warned people to evacuate the Bureij area, saying militants located there were firing rockets.
Israel has repeatedly told people to move from parts of Gaza in what the military says are evacuations necessary for safely carrying out its war against Hamas militants.
The United Nations and humanitarian organizations have criticized the Israeli tactic, saying the evacuation orders often give people little time to leave and that they do not have safe places to go in Gaza to escape the airstrikes and Israeli ground operations.
The war in Gaza began with Hamas militants attacking southern Israel in October 2023, killing 1,200 people and taking about 250 people hostage. About 100 hostages are being held in Gaza, with at least one-third of them believed to be dead.
Israel’s counteroffensive in Gaza has killed at least 45,500 Palestinians and injured more than 108,000, according to the health ministry in the enclave. The ministry does not differentiate between militants and civilians in its count.
The war has leveled wide areas of Gaza and displaced 90% of its 2.3 million people.
The United States, United Kingdom, European Union and others have designated Hamas as a terror organization.
Some information for this report came from The Associated Press, Agence France-Presse and Reuters.
