Dozens of Palestinians were killed and injured late at night in Israeli air and artillery strikes that targeted homes in the Gaza Strip, particularly in the northern governorate, which witnessed its heaviest bombardment in five months, Anadolu reports.

Palestinian Civil Defense spokesperson Mahmoud Bassal reported that several Palestinians were killed and others injured in attacks that targeted homes, gatherings and shelters.

Bassal said earlier that “teams are unable to cope with the large number of residential houses targeted by the Israeli occupation tonight in the northern strip.”

“There are still people trapped under the rubble of these houses, which the teams are unable to reach due to the ongoing bombardment and the lack of heavy rescue equipment,” he said.

Bassal noted that in the north “five Palestinians were killed and others injured in an Israeli attack on a group of citizens in Beit Hanoun, and several others were injured in an attack on citizens at the Abu Sharkh roundabout, in addition to the killing of others in an attack on a house belonging to the Abdullah family in the Jabalia camp.”