Israeli airstrikes kill 11 more Palestinians in Gaza as death toll hits 41,600

Israeli military strikes across the Gaza Strip have killed at least 11 more Palestinians, health officials in the enclave said on Sunday, as Israeli planes bombarded several northern, central and southern areas.

Also during the day, the health ministry in Gaza said that at least 41,595 people have been killed in the war, now in its 12th month.

The toll includes nine deaths in the previous 24 hours, according to the ministry, which said 96,251 people have been wounded in the Gaza Strip since the war began when Hamas militants attacked Israel on Oct.7.

A school sheltering displaced Palestinians in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip was among buildings hit, killing four people and wounded several others, Gaza medics said.

In another strike, three people were killed in a house in Gaza City, medics said. Four others were killed in three separate airstrikes in Nuseirat and Khan Younis in central and southern parts of the Gaza Strip.

Most of Gaza's population of 2.3 million have been displaced by the war, in which 41,500 Palestinians have been killed, according to Gaza health authorities.

Agencies