GAZA STRIP, Palestinian Territories, May 19, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - A Gaza
hospital said Sunday that an Israeli air strike targeting a house at a
refugee camp in the centre of the Palestinian territory killed at least 20
people.

"We received 20 fatalities and several wounded after an Israeli air strike
targeted a house belonging to the Hassan family in Al-Nuseirat refugee camp
in central Gaza," the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital said in a statement.

Witnesses said the strike occurred around 3:00 am local time. The Israeli
army said it was checking the report.

Palestinian official news agency Wafa reported that the wounded included
several children, and rescuers were searching for missing people trapped
under the rubble.

Fierce battles and heavy Israeli bombardments have been reported in the
central Nuseirat camp since the military launched a "targeted" operation
focussing on the southern city of Rafah in early May.

Palestinian militants and Israeli troops have also clashed in north Gaza's
Jabalia camp for days now.

Witnesses said several other houses were targeted in air strikes during the
night across Gaza, and that air strikes and artillery shelling also hit parts
of Rafah during the night.

The Israeli military said two more soldiers were killed in Gaza the previous
day.

The military said 282 soldiers have been killed so far in the Gaza military
campaign since the start of the ground offensive on October 27.