Medical sources on the ground have told Al Jazeera that at least 73 people have been killed in Gaza since dawn today, including 33 aid seekers. Al Jazeera collected information on some of the overnight attacks:

  • An Israeli strike hit a tent in the al-Mawasi area, west of Gaza’s southern city of Khan Younis, killing 13 people, including a couple and their four children.
  • Another attack targeted the Mustafa Hafez School, sheltering displaced people west of Gaza City, killing 11 people.
  • At least six people were killed and 100 injured in an attack targeting aid seekers near the Nabulsi Roundabout, west of Gaza City.
  • At least three were killed in an Israeli strike on the northern city of Beit Lahiya.

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