Palestinian health officials have said thar Israeli military strikes have killed at least 32 people across the Gaza Strip as forces tighten a siege around hospitals in Jabalia in the north of the enclave, Reuters reports.

In the central Gaza Strip camp of Al-Maghzai, an Israeli strike on a house killed 11 people, while another strike at the nearby camp of Nuseirat killed four others.

Five other people were killed in two separate strikes in the south Gaza cities of Khan Younis and Rafah, medics said, while seven Palestinians were killed in the Shati camp in the northern Gaza Strip.

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