Gaza health officials have said a wave of Israeli strikes hit the territory’s southern district of Khan Younis, killing a dozen people, seven of them children, according to AFP.

At least five strikes targeted parts of Khan Younis, including one in the Al-Mawasi area where thousands of displaced Palestinians are living in tents along the coast.

Four children were killed when a drone strike hit their tent in the Al-Mawasi area, the territory’s health ministry reported.

A witness told AFP that several tents caught fire from the strike, which also wounded more than 20 people.

Five people, including three children, were killed and several wounded in a strike on a house in Khan Younis, Gaza’s civil defence agency said.

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