At least 16 people from the Al-Bursh family have been killed after Israeli forces targeted their home on Old Gaza Street in Jabalia town, the Palestinian Shehab News Agency reports. Another 50 people were wounded in the attack, according to Al Jazeera.

Earlier, Al Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud reported that Ministry of Health Director-General Munir Al-Bursh was critically injured following the Israeli air strike on his sister’s house, where he was sheltering. His daughter was among those killed.

Meanwhile, another nine Palestinians have been killed after Israeli forces bombed a house in the Abu Iskandar area in the Sheikh Radwan district of Gaza City, Quds News Network reports.

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