The Israeli military has carried out a series of attacks in and around the cities of Khan Younis and Rafah in southern Gaza in recent hours, the Wafa news agency reports.

In total, medical sources have said that the bodies of 32 people have arrived at the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis since Thursday morning, Wafa reports.

The attacks include:

  • One woman was killed and others were injured by Israeli air strikes in Khan Younis
  • One person was killed and others were injured by Israeli shelling targeting the town of Bani Suheila, east of Khan Younis
  • Rescue crews retrieved the lifeless bodies of an unspecified number of people from under the rubble of houses bombed by the Israeli military in Bani Suheila
  • An Israeli drone bombed the Sheikh Nasser neighbourhood of Khan Younis, killing two people and injuring a third
  • The Israeli military has shot and killed two men in the east of Khan Younis Israeli forces shot and killed one person in the al-Shakoush area, northwest of Rafah

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