Al Jazeera reports that 45 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks since dawn.

Six Palestinians were killed in an Israeli air raid that hit a makeshift barber shop in central Khan Younis, while at least 10 people were killed after Israel bombed a home in Bani Suheila, east of Khan Younis in southern Gaza.

Meanwhile, a Palestinian woman was killed in Israeli bombardment of an area northeast of Rafah, in the south of the Gaza Strip, while two Palestinians were killed in an attack on a tent housing displaced people in the at-Twam area in the north.

Three Palestinians have been killed in an Israeli air attack on a house on as-Sikka Street in the Zeitoun neighbourhood of Gaza City.

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