At least 24 Palestinians were killed in overnight Israeli airstrikes on homes and tents in displacement camps in the Gaza Strip, medical sources said, according to Anadolu.

Ten people lost their lives when an Israeli fighter jet hit a home in the Maen area in the southern city of Khan Younis, one source said.

Two more people were killed in another strike targeting a residential apartment in Al-Manara neighbourhood in southern Khan Younis, he added.

Civil Defence teams retrieved the bodies of two Palestinians after an Israeli strike on a tent for displaced civilians in western Khan Younis, medics said.

A man and his wife were also killed and several people were injured when Israeli forces bombed a house in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, another medical source said.

Israeli warplanes also hit a house in the Jabalia Nazla area in northern Gaza, leaving six people dead, he added.

A pregnant woman was killed in an airstrike on an apartment in Gaza City, while a young man lost his life and three people were injured in another strike in the central city of Deir al-Balah, according to the same source.

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