At least nine Palestinian civilians have been killed and several others wounded today in a series of Israeli strikes targeting multiple areas in the Gaza Strip, Wafa reports citing local medical sources.

In Khan Younis, five members of the Abu Taima family were killed and others injured when an Israeli fighter jets targeted a tent sheltering the displaced in the Al-Mawasi area west of the city.

Elsewhere in the north, two Palestinians were killed and others wounded by a drone strike near Al-Nazla roundabout in Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip.

Another two civilians were confirmed dead in southern Deir al-Balah, in central Gaza, following ongoing shelling by Israeli forces. Their bodies were transferred to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital.

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