The number of Palestinians killed in Israeli attacks across Gaza since dawn has risen to 30, Al Jazeera reports, citing medical sources.

Among the latest attacks, two people were killed in an Israeli strike on the Zeitoun neighbourhood in the southwest of Gaza City, a source at the city’s al-Ahli Hospital said.

In Khan Younis, southern Gaza, a child was killed by Israeli attack, an emergency worker said.

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