Israel continues attacks on Gaza : 37 killed on Sunday

At least 37 people, including a journalist, were killed by Israeli strikes on Gaza yesterday as French President Emmanuel Macron said that he strongly opposes any displacement of Palestinians or annexation in Gaza and the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

Twenty-two of those killed were in the central and southern regions of the Strip, the sources said. At least 44 Palestinians were killed on Sunday. In Khan Yunis, an Israeli air strike hit a tent used by local media, killing two, including a Palestinian journalist, and wounding nine others.

Footage showed people trying to douse flames in the tent inside the compound of the Nasser Hospital during the early hours of yesterday. Images appearing to show a journalist in flames and another person trying to rescue him were widely shared.

The Israeli military said in a statement it struck Hassan Aslih, whom they described as a "terrorist, who operates under the guise of a journalist" and a member of Hamas' Khan Younis Brigade.

Aslih, a well-known Palestinian journalist in Gaza, with hundreds of thousands of followers on social media platforms, was critically wounded in the strike, medics said.

Ismail al-Thawabta, director of the Hamas-run Gaza government media office, said Israel's accusations against Aslih were "false", adding that Aslih had no political affiliation. A second Palestinian was also killed in the attack, Gaza medics said.

Faqawi's death raised the number of journalists killed by Israel's campaign in Gaza to more than 210 since October 2023, according to the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate.

In the occupied West Bank, Israeli forces yesterday shot and killed a Palestinian-American boy.

An Israeli strike on southern Lebanon killed one person yesterday, according to the health ministry, with Israel's military saying it had "eliminated" a Hezbollah commander in the latest raid despite a truce.

The Lebanese health ministry said in a statement that an "Israeli enemy" strike on the town of Taybeh, near the border, "led to the death of one citizen".